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F. History In 1995,the County Board approved petition# 6339, which rezoned a total of 20 acres of Mr. Suter's land out of the A-1 Exclusive Agriculture District. The map amendment created three areas intended for different uses: 1) A 4-acre parcel zoned C-2, with the following deed restrictions: • Prohibition of any use except mini-warehouses; • Prohibition of any outside storage associated with the mini-warehouses • Requirement that a town-approved landscape plan be submitted before any county construction permits are issued. 2) A narrow strip of land to the south and east of the repair shop zoned A-2, with a conditional use permit(#1258)to operate a salvage and recycling yard, subject to the following condition: . • The area shall be used only for the storage of 2- and 4-cycle engines, and shall not be used to store cars and trucks. 3) The remaining land(slightly less than 16 acres) was rezoned to A-2, with no permits or conditions. This action resulted from a 1994 zoning enforcement notice citing Mr. Suter for illegally operating a salvage yard on the premises. In the intervening two years, Mr. Suter has not submitted a landscape plan, nor has he applied for a construction permit for the mini-warehouse. As of a site visit on January 22, 1998, the proposed site for the mini-warehouse facility remained vacant. II. ANALYSIS A. Compatibility with Plans & Ordinances The Blooming Grove Town plan shows the site within an agricultural preservation area, which is not suitable for intense commercial development. Although the plan does include a policy of promoting commercial development for Femrite Drive within the urban service area, this property lies approximately a quarter-mile from the urban service area of Madison. There is no site plan associated with the current request. Sketches submitted as part of petition# 6339 show one of the warehouse structures extending into the mapped wetland on the property. To avoid a violation of section 11.07 of the County Code, all activities would have to take place in the approximately 250 foot square upland area on the northeast corner of the lot. Alternatively,the County Board would have to find that filling the wetland would not destroy any of several statutorily defined functional values and rezone the wetland out of the wetland district before construction could take place. B. Significant Environmental Issues Staff comments on petition 6339/1258 expressed some concern about the compatibility with surrounding land uses and the potential environmental impact of the proposal. RPC staff suggested a clear site plan to show"how the different uses would interrelate, and how the