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Parisi, 01/26/2006, Page 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR RE-APPLICATION OF PET. 6911 1) Q: How did the change to A-2(8) instead of RH-3 happen? A: The owner of the farm in 1997 was Ronaldo Parisi. He originally asked to change 9.25 acres of his 100 acre farm, including the farmhouse and farm buildings, from the A-1 EX Exclusive Agricultural district to the A-2(8) Agricultural district. However, the Town of Dunn Plan Commission and Town Board asked that the 9.25 acre parcel be rezoned to RH-3 Rural Homes instead, probably because this met the standards of their Town Land Use Plan more closely. The requested change was noted in the Petition 6911 file, but was not included when the official document for County Board action was prepared. The County Board voted approval of the change to A-2(8) on 07/24/1997. When Ronaldo Parisi recorded Certified Survey Map #8748 on 11/11/1997, the change to A-2(8) became official. 2) Q: Will the change to RH-3 affect the use of your parcel now or in the future? A: For zoning purposes, the two districts are very similar in regard to permitted uses: • A-2(8) zoning has a minimum parcel size of 8 acres but no minimum lot width. An A-2(8) parcel allows one house, residential accessory buildings, agricultural accessory buildings, and livestock limited to one animal unit per full acre. • RH-3 zoning has a minimum parcel size of 8 acres and a minimum lot width of 150 feet. RH-3 zoning also allows one house, residential accessory buildings, agricultural accessory buildings, and livestock limited to one animal unit per full acre. 3) Q: What are the differences between the A-2(8) and RH-3 districts? A: The differences are described as follows: • In the A-2(8) district, the aggregate floor area of all residential accessory buildings is limited to 100% of the overall floor area of the house. The maximum average height of residential accessory buildings is 16 feet average height (average of peak height and eave height). • In the A-2(8) district, agricultural accessory buildings are not limited in regard to size, total floor area or height, but must be located at least 100 feet from an adjacent Residential zoned parcel. (There are no Residential zone parcels adjoining Lot 1 CSM 8748, so this restriction does not apply.) • In the RH-3 district, the aggregate floor area of all residential accessory buildings is limited to 50% of the overall floor area of the house. The maximum average height of residential accessory buildings is not limited. • In the RH-3 district, agricultural accessory buildings are not limited in regard to size, total floor area or height. Buildings housing livestock must be located at least 50 feet from a side or rear lot line. • In the A-2(8)AND the RH-3 districts, setbacks governing location of houses and residential accessory buildings are essentially the same. • The A-2(8) district lists a number of Conditional Uses not available in the RH-3 district. These may be granted only after application to and review by the ZLR Committee, with advice and input from the Town. 4) Q: Will this change have any effect upon tax assessment for this parcel? A: The Zoning Division is unable to answer this question. However, tax assessment categories are not the same as zoning districts; that is, assessors look at the actual use of a property in addition to considering the zoning district. Please contact your Town Treasurer, Clerk Roz Gausman, 255-4219, or the Assessor for the Town of Dunn, Gardiner Appraisal Service, 838- 3993, for more information. H:\plandev\zoning\Correspondence re: petitions and CUPs\Pet 6911 correction Itr 011906.doc