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A conversation with the Zoning Department was summed up with the statement that the County would issue a zoning permit to anyone building on A-1 EX because Dane County Ordinances provide that a farm residence can be built on such land provided a family member receives a certain level of income from farming. It was also stated the County does not care about the density requirement because that was a provision of the Town Land Use Plan and that the Town could simply deny the rezone request and that would end the ability for the petitioners to build a second home on this 61 acre parcel. I agree that the Town should have denied the rezone. However, the County Zoning Department is incorrect when it states that the County has no concerns about the density. The density is part of the Dane County Land Use Plan and should be considered by Dane County staff who administer zoning ordinances. The petitioners continue to argue that simply getting A-1 EX zoning would allow them to build a second home. That puts the Town in a very defensive position especially when the County Zoning Department seems to be in agreement with them. However, I think this situation needs careful consideration. If this is allowed to occur then the density policy has no meaning. Look at the situation at hand. We start with a 61 acre farm on June 6, 1978. Clearly, the density provision only allows for one residence since the total acreage of the farm is less than 70 acres (2 X 35 = 70). The land was zoned A-1 EX because it is over 35 acres. The farm has a residence and set of buildings. Somewhere along the line 35 acres are sold. Those 35 acres are zoned A-1 EX . The remaining 26 acres are zoned A-2 because they are under 35 acres but still used for agricultural purposes. Now the 35 acres and the 26 acres are owned by the same person. The combined acreage returns to 61 acres, in fact, the same 61 acres of the farm as it existed on June 6, 1978. To be consistent with current zoning a farm of 61 acres would be zoned A-1 EX. The petitioners now want to build a second home on the 61 acre farm. The second building site would not have been available any time after June 5, 1978 according to the Land Use Plan. It is still not available without violating the current land use plan of the Town of Pleasant Springs and Dane County. If they wanted to build a second home on a 61 acre farm zoned A-1 EX they would have to demonstrate that a family member of the owner of the home derived the appropriate level of income from farming. It may be possible, but is unlikely on a 61 acre farm that both residences are for farm operators or even that a member of the family in each residence derives the appropriate level of income according to Dane County Ordinances. The policy of allowing a residence on A-1 EX land makes sense when one considers a large farm with brothers, fathers and sons, or other combinations of two families each deriving income from farming. Such situations are common throughout the county. I would speculate that most of them do not exist in a situation where the density is a concern but it might. If and when it does the policy "The density is limited to one residence per 35 acres of farm owned as of June 6, 1978." and the policy "Any