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DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT: PETITION 7132 I. BACKGROUND A. Request Steve Suter is requesting the removal of deed restrictions on four acres of land he owns in the Town of Blooming Grove to allow him to store vehicles and equipment outside. The land is currently zoned C-2 (Commercial). Current deed restrictions limit the use to mini-warehouse storage,prohibit outside storage, and require the submission of a town-approved landscaping plan before zoning permits are issued. B. Location of Property The property is located in Section 24 of the Town of Blooming Grove, on the south side of Femrite Road. The property is within 40 feet of the Madison city limits to the north, and within 1,000 feet of the Madison line to the southeast, but is approximately a quarter mile from the Madison urban service area. Mr. Suter owns an adjacent 1-acre C-2 parcel to the east and an adjacent 16-acre A-2 parcel to the west. Taken together, Mr. Suter's three parcels total approximately 800 feet of frontage on Femrite Road. C. Current Land Use The northeast portion of the parcel in question is vacant and apparently unused, consisting of what would seem to be an old filled area. The balance of the parcel (approximately two and a half acres) appears to have been cropped within the past year. D. Surrounding Land Use Mr. Suter operates a snowmobile and motorcycle repair shop on his adjacent parcel to the east. The neighboring property owner to the east has a residence and operates an ongoing dog kennel. Much of the immediate area around the site appears to be abandoned cropland that is gradually reverting to a natural wetland state. E. Environmental Features Except for a filled area measuring approximately 250 feet square in the northeast corner of the lot,the entire remainder of the property (approximately two and a half acres) is mapped as a wetland on the DNR Wisconsin Wetland Inventory. The Wetland Inventory identifies this area ' as an emergent wet meadow, and indicates that the area is farmed in dry years. This is consistent with observed uses on the property. The wetland on this site is part of a much larger sedge meadow wetland complex to the south.