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COMPOSITE REPORT - Page 2 APPLICATION NO. STAFF COMMENTS REGIONAL PLANNING Petition 7109. This proposed four-parcel residential area raises policy concerns with the adopted town/county plan in the Town of Berry. The site is half woodland and half pasture located north of Indian Lake County Park. The relevant policies for this proposal are: "No land division of less than 35 acres will be permitted in the agricultural district unless the following criteria are all met as follows: - Land where farming has not been economical in the past - Land parcels too small for practical agriculture activities such as accessibility for farm machinery - Land which does not require the development of a public road, and fronts or abuts a public road - Land which has less productive soils than "prime"or "Statewide significance"as delineated on the soil maps - Land where development would not destroy wetlands, and steep slopes. There will be a limit to the number of lots which may be created by certified survey of one parcel for each thirty-five acres, or portion thereof, owned as of the date of the adoption of this plan." Comments related to the policies: - The application indicates the site is half pasture and half woodland. - Size of the parcel is not an issue, but there are steep slopes which limit the usefulness for farming. - The only usable access to this site is a farm entrance off STH 19 at the southeast corner of the site. All of the other frontage along STH 19 to the south has a very steep, stoney hill face. An easement from this existing access point is proposed to serve the four residential parcels. Because the proposed parcels are more than 15 acres in size, there is not a specific requirement for direct access to a public road. However, the plan policy requires parcels to "front or abut a public road." Thus there is a situation where the plan opposes creation of a public road, but the configuration proposed appears to require the residential parcels "front or abut a public road." This policy conflict needs to be resolved prior to approval of this rezoning. - The land is definitely less productive as farmland.