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8'-/- 97 i I C� rii) ti Alk 4 1997 Joseph & Karen Kaltenberg � 4989 County Road TT D. PLANNING & DEVELO jY Cottage Grove, WI 53527 Dane Coun • ZONDDIVISION Natural Resources Committee °-°— Dear Committee; �'/ , i We would like to clarify some concerns about our Petition # 6950, in which we request to rezone approximately 8 acres from A-i Ex Ag to R-i residential, east of Creek Haven Road, sec. 34. This proposal is in a residential area, on a residential street, in a development of about 40 homes covering close to 80 acres. The lots we are planning would be small - about 1 acre each - on the edge of this large cluster of rural homes. The Town of Sun Prairie has given us unanimous approval. ~There is a concern over visibility when exiting Creek Haven Road onto Hwy. TT. We agree this can be a dangerous corner, especially during heavy traffic times. That is why we have an agreement with the Town of Sun Prairie to cut down the bank along Hwy. TT. We are sure everyone will agree that a manicured lawn is safer than a 6 foot high bank with 7 foot tall corn growing on it. The way that Creek Haven Road is laid out has created a curved and pointed field that is difficult to work with our large equipment. To harvest either corn or hay, we use a tractor, chopper, and forage box. When hooked together, these three pieces of machinery stretch out 63 feet long. A semi truck is about 65 feet long. Can you picture trying to drive a semi truck and trailer around that curved field to harvest a crop? Some of our other machinery includes a digger that is 25 feet wide and about 20 feet long, and a sprayer that is 45 feet wide. It is impossible to spray into points and curves without having to overlap some areas. Not only is this a very expensive waste of chemical, it is also not very good for the soil. As for the concern of how far the lots would be from our barns; the lots are 225 feet deep. Creek Haven Road is 475 feet from the closest shed. This leaves 02S0 feet between them for a buffer. We also have an agreement with the Town of Sun Prairie to put up a fence and plant a row of trees near the lot line to further separate the lots from our farm buildings. Our long range plans include selling the dairy herd in approximately five years. This would eliminate the need for a pasture. We will however, continue to raise beef in confined sheds. This means there will not be any animals within c5 feet of the back of the lots.