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T r <br /> COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 3 Application No. 6963/1440 <br /> DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS <br /> I. BACKGROUND <br /> A. The applicant is requesting the rezoning of 1.7 acres from B-1 to C-2 and a conditional use <br /> permit to allow a convenience store including the sale of motor vehicle fuels. Commercial <br /> uses with'drive-in"facilities are conditional uses in the C-2 district only. <br /> B. The subject property is in the Town of Bristol, approximately 1/4 mile east of the hamlet of <br /> East Bristol, at the southeast corner of the CTH V/CTH VV intersection. The property is in <br /> a rural area where public sewer and water services are unavailable. <br /> C. This request is a carry forward from the July 22 ZNR Committee public hearing. In 1983,the <br /> County rezoned the subject property to B-1 in 1983 to allow construction of a branch bank. <br /> That bank closed about two or three years ago. <br /> H. ANALYSIS <br /> A. The applicant proposes to reuse the former bank property and building for a convenience <br /> store wih gasoline pumps. The applicant has yet to finalize a specific site plan for the <br /> property. However, he intends to use the existing approximately 1,000 sq. ft. brick building <br /> and construct a roughly 600 sq. ft. addition to the rear of that building. That addition would <br /> involve walling off the existing canopy over the former bank automatic teller stations (see <br /> attached plot plan). In front of the existing building, the applicant intends to construct <br /> gasoline pumps (perhaps two) with an overhead canopy. Two existing driveways openings <br /> to CTH V and CTH VV would continue to be used. The applicant envisions only minor <br /> alterations to the existing paved area for parking and circulation. The applicant has not yet <br /> proposed any hours of operation,but suggests that hours would be no later than 11 p.m. <br /> B. The surrounding area is characterized by significant rural development, mainly in `hamlet" <br /> form with a newer residential subdivision to the southeast. The property directly east of the <br /> subject property is developed with a single family home. Other adjacent properties are mainly <br /> in agricultural use. A tributary to the Maunesha River runs northeast to southwest within <br /> about 100 feet from the subject property, across the CTH V/CTH VV intersection. The <br /> subject property is not in an officially mapped wetland or floodplain area. <br /> C. Staff believe that the range of possible commercial and industrial uses which would be <br /> permitted on the subject site under C-2 zoning are too intensive for this neighborhood area. <br /> The County and Town may wish to consider conditional zoning to narrow the range of <br /> permitted uses. The proposed convenience store use plus any permitted C-1 uses would <br /> probably be acceptable. (A better long-term solution to this problem common to many other <br /> petitions may be to amend the permitted use list in the C-2 district through an ordinance <br /> amendment.) <br /> D. Dane County Highway and Transportation staff intend to inspect the site before consideration <br /> of the CUP to determine if improvements to access points are desirable. Highway staff also <br /> wish to assure that adequate land remains available for the improvement of the CTH V/CTH <br />