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• COMPOSITE REPORT -Page 2 Application No. 6921 DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS I. BACKGROUND A. The applicant is requesting a zoning district change from RH-1 to C-2 to build an indoor golf facility with a sporting goods store, a restaurant, and 150 parking stalls. B. The subject property is in the Town of Madison, south of the Beltline Highway. It is a vacant lot of 5.25 acres. II. ANALYSIS A. A commercial use seems appropriate in this parcel surrounded by the Beltline Highway, Highway 14 and the Rail Road Tracks. Next to the building are storage buildings to the west, and three single-family homes to the South. B. The building proposed in the site plan is a 240 ft. x 290 ft. pneumatic structure, and a 200 ft. x 45 ft. attached clubhouse with a sporting good store and a restaurant. The total building covers 78,600 sq.ft. and in the application, the intent mentions 150 parking stalls (the site plan has 90 parking stalls). The proposal is required to comply with the regulations of the C-2 district. A maximum of 60% of the area can be covered with buildings and the parking lot needs to have a minimum of a parking stall every 300 sq.ft. of floor space. For a building this size, the ordinance would require more than 262 parking stalls, unless the applicant applies for a variance from the Board of Adjustment. C. The town approved the rezoning for the proposed use only. This could be achieved with the use of a restrictive covenant. Such a covenant would provide the closest scenario to the one required by the Town: "If proposed use does not materialize, zoning will revert back to RH-1". But with a covenant, if the proposed use did not materialized, instead of reverting the district back to RH-1, the applicant would need to ask to remove the covenant and resubmit a zoning application from C-2 to a C-2 district with a different use. D. There is public sewer and water available on the lot so the location of a facility does not present a problem. E. The present road system does not provide adequate access for a facility of such magnitude. At present, in spite of its proximity to the Beltline and Highway 14, the parcel can only be easily accessed when heading north towards Madison on highway MM and then taking Ski Lane which ends at the property. The option of accessing Ski Lane from the east by taking residential streets such as Granada Way and Castille Avenue and cross through the Castille Apartment Complex should be totally discarted. Additional traffic would pose a safety hazard to the residents of the apartments; the homes are close to the street and do not have side walks. F. The site plan shows a solution for accessing the parcel. It proposes the continuation of Badger Road, the frontage road south of the beltline over the railroad tracks towards the • property. The property would then have a clear access from the Beltline, and a