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-19d7 dA jra e 1°5467, 5383-411 Mariner's Cove Dr. Madison,WI 53704 HAND DELIVERED FEBRUARY 24, 1997 TO: Dane County Planning & Development Zoning Division Room 116 City-County Building Madison, WI 53709 Re: CUP#: 1408 We are in opposition to the requested conditional use permit and the proposed condominium development bounded by the currently unimproved Hanson's Landing Road adjacent to Mariner's Cove Condominiums, Mariner's Inn restaurant/parking lot and the river front property parcels 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 along Brickson Park Road in the Town of Westport. The proposed project will have a significant negative impact on all residents in the immediate area and in particular the thirty-three owners of units in buildings 300 and 400 of Mariner's Cove. We are urging the Dane County Planning & Development Zoning Division not to approve this conditional use permit for the following reasons: 1) The project will add excessive traffic flow and population density to an already dense population in the area consisting of two restaurants, three large apartment complexes (130 units), three large condominium complexes (106 units) and only eleven (11) single family residences. 2) Traffic flow into and out of the area is served by Westport Road connecting to County"M"to the North and the City of Madison to the South with no traffic control lights at either end. Egress to County"M"west is already troublesome and would likely become impossible during rush-hour traffic owing to the significantly augmented population density in the area. 3) The project may require the development of the currently undeveloped Hanson's Landing Road, thereby eliminating precious green space available to the neighborhood. 4) The physical placement, size, and height of the proposed building does not blend well with the location of current structures and places the rear of the proposed project directly in front of the living room and master bedroom windows of 33 Mariner's Cove condominium units. 5) The proposed 3 or 4 story building on top of underground parking is a fantasy. Ground water is at issue here and the developer's awareness of the water table is based on a minimal number(3 or 4)soil borings taken during the lake's low level period. A comprehensive ground water profile, based on borings taken during a moderately high lake level period, would likely lead a responsible developer to propose a scaled back, less ambitious, structure. The building proposed by the developer would amount to a view blocking monstrosity given. its proximity to buildings 300 and 400 of Mariner's Cove. 6) The 33 owners of condominium units in buildings 300 and 400 of Mariner's Cove are particularly concerned that the proposed project will significantly reduce their property values because of reduced view of the Yahara River shoreline. We feel a more compatible use of the property, and an alternative we have strongly encourage the Town of Westport Plan Commission to explore further, would be to allow development of single family residences on the river front parcels currently zoned R-1 and to establish and develop the small triangle parcel as a Town of Westport public neighborhood ' ms`` . -, Respectfully Submitted By: S E • bri E ; FEB 2 419Ar1' ' ° F +!mes D. and Joan W. Loock 5383-411 Mariner's Cove Drive Madison, WI 53704