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• DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT PETITION NUMBER 7149: ROBIN CARLEY dba 4C INVESTMENTS, LLC STAFF REPORT A. BACKGROUND Mr. Carley is requesting the rezoning of approximately one-third of an acre from the shoreland/inland wetland district to non-wetland. Mr. Carley's firm, 4C Investments, intends to develop a light manufacturing and commercial service park on approximately 75 acres of land in the Town of Burke. The wetland rezoning would allow the applicant to fill a portion of the wetlands to provide an access road to the facility. B. GENERAL SITE & LOCATIONAL INFORMATION The property is located in the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 19 of the Town of Burke, with approximately 1300 feet of frontage on the east side of County Highway CV. The property lies between Highway CV and the Dane County Regional Airport. The entire 75-acre parcel is currently zoned C-2. A cropped agricultural field lies to the south and a commercial parcel on the north. The site has been used in the past as a demolition landfill. C. ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES The Wisconsin Wetland Inventory shows approximately 50 acres of wetland on the property. As part of their application for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland fill permit and WI DNR clean water certification, 4C investments hired Mead& Hunt, an engineering firm,to conduct a wetland delineation for the site. Wetland delineations are performed by a detailed analysis of the soil, vegetation and hydrological conditions on the site, and if done correctly, are generally considered more accurate than the aerial photography methods used to develop the DNR Wisconsin Wetland Inventory maps. Chapter NR 115 of the Wisconsin Administrative code, which governs county regulation of wetlands, contains provisions to allow for updating the Wisconsin Wetland Inventory, with DNR approval, as delineated data becomes available. Mead&Hunt's analysis shows a much smaller area(approximately 9 acres) of wetland on the property than what is depicted on the Wisconsin Wetland Inventory maps (see sketch map, attached). This delineation has been confirmed by the DNR. 4C Investments proposes filling approximately one third of an acre of wetland,while removing demolition debris and restoring natural vegetation on an additional half-acre of wetland. Mead&Hunt found the quality of wetlands varied across the site, from approximately .85 acres of undisturbed wet meadow in the north, to highly degraded wetland fragments in the south. D. COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTY ORDINANCES Commercial and light industrial activities are permitted uses in the C-2 district. Sections 11.07 and 11.08 of the Dane County Code prohibit commercial or residential road construction in the shoreland or inland wetland districts. Section 11.10 of the Dane County Code allows the County to re-zone land in the shoreland or inland wetland districts if the County Board determines that the proposed rezoning will not result in a significant adverse impact on any of the following: