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COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 2 Application No. CUP 1436 DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS I. BACKGROUND A. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to achieve zoning compliance for existing airport properties(750 acres) and to allow runway relocation and expansion. The applicant plans to extend a new runway into a portion of the CUP area. The vast majority of the CUP area will be maintained or converted open space for runway approaches and buffers. B. The subject property is in the Town of Burke, immediately north of the City of Madison. Most of the property is outside the Central Urban Service Area, but facilities requiring sewer and water services are not proposed. Most of the airport property, including the terminal area, is within the City of Madison. C. In 1987, the County granted a CUP for an airport surveillance radar site(0.5 acre)within the proposed CUP area.. Over the years, the County has granted three other CUPs which also fall within the proposed CUP. The uses for which these CUPs were granted have not existed for some time, so they should be removed from County zoning maps. D. Planning for this airport runway project has been underway for a number of years. The Dane County Regional Airport Master Plan and Noise Compatibility Study, adopted by the County Board in June 1991, recommended construction of a new runway to reduce airport noise impacts and improve safety. The federal government approved the Environmental Impact Statement for the project in June 1996. (RPC commented on that EIS in 1995.) Since that time, the applicant has been working on securing state and federal permits to allow construction. E. In May 1997, the City of Madison granted approval for an alteration to a conditional use permit for that portion of the project within the City limits. The applicant has applied for all required County permits for lands lying within the Town of Burke, but has not yet received all of them. Preliminary grading work for project development began in May. The applicant anticipates final completion of the project in Fall 1998. II. ANALYSIS A. The subject property is divided into three distinct parcels(see Exhibit A). Parcel A(395 acres)is bisected by USH 51. Lands within Parcel A are primarily undeveloped, with the exception of an existing warehouse which the applicant intends to acquire and demolish. The Town of Burke has vacated the portion of Messerschmidt Road which crosses Parcel A. Starkweather Creek runs generally east-west across the southern edge of Parcel A, bounded by floodplain and wetland areas. Parcel B (297 acres) is bisected by CTH CV and a north-south rail line. It is undeveloped and contains mapped wetlands and floodplain west of the rail line (part of the Cherokee Marsh complex). There is also an archeological site in the northwest corner. Parcel C (58 acres) is undeveloped and predominantly wetland and floodplain. Lands surrounding these three parcels are primarily undeveloped, cropland, and environmental corridor. There are extensive wetland areas both to the west(Cherokee Marsh) and east (across USH 51). B. The Airport proposes new development within Parcel A only. Parcels B and C provide runway approach and airport buffer areas--no development is proposed in these areas