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STAFF REPORT Prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Amendment of the Town of Oregon Exclusive Agricultural Zoning Ordinance Map December 2, 1996 Background Dane County submitted a proposed Town of Oregon zoning map as an amendment to the Dane County zoning ordinance for certification by the Land and Water Conservation Board (LWCB). Dane County Action On December 15, 1994, the Dane County board of supervisors adopted a zoning map amendment for the Town of Oregon. The map did not include any A-3 Agricultural Transition districts although such districts were called for in the plan amendment map adopted earlier that year. The plan map and zoning map were inconsistent in other areas as well. On October 6, 1995, Dane County submitted this zoning map amendment for certification by the LWCB. During the last year, the department has worked with representatives from the Dane County Planning and Development Department to bring the zoning map for the Town of Oregon into compliance with the requirements of subch. V of ch. 91, Wis. Stats. On November 21, 1996, the Dane County Board of Supervisors adopted a revised zoning map ("new zoning map") for the Town of Oregon, which substantially meets these statutory requirements. Staff Review The major issue that had to be resolved in developing the "new zoning map" was the number of inconsistencies between the agricultural preservation plan map and the exclusive agricultural districts of the zoning ordinance map. Based on the meetings between department staff and the county staff, the new zoning map amendment submitted for certification changes significant areas from A-1 (exclusive) zoning to A-3 (transition) zoning to bring them into conformance with their plan designation as Ag- Transition. This will remedy the largest part of the inconsistencies between the plan and zoning ordinance maps that affect certification. The remaining inconsistencies fall primarily into two classes: (i) a small number of inconsistent parcels designated as rural development on the plan amendment map, but currently zoned for A-1 or A-3 (about 800 acres); and (ii) a small number of parcels designated as being in agricultural preservation on the plan amendment map, while being zoned A-3 Ag-Transition on the zoning map amendment, or being in agricultural transition on the plan map, while being zoned as A-1 Ag-Exclusive on the zoning map amendment (about 400 acres). Class (ii) inconsistencies do not involve the possibility of ineligible parcels 1