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.r COMPOSITE REPORT-Page • Revised 25 Mar '7 ee * Application CUP 1414 DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS I. BACKGROUND A. The applicant is the land owner. The developer is a construction company desiring to do work on two state highway projects coming in over the next two years. The operation would be terminated upon completion of the highway projects. B. The request is for a CUP for a government related use as a quarry. The operation is for the simple removal of the deposits on the site. No crushing, blasting or screening of the material is involved. Material would be dug and loaded at an elevation above ground water. C. The property is adjacent to highways 12 & 18 which is one of the projects for which the material would be used. Quarry access is anticipated off of Highway 12 & 18 only. The quarry site is adjacent to a DNR wetland area which lies on this property. The wetland area is adjacent to a branch of Door Creek which runs along the south east side of the property. Request has defined two borrow areas. One area for the 1997 season and one for the 1998 season. Work is anticipated to be complete by September of 1998 including reclamation. The Swensen home is located on the north side of the property and would appear to be the closest residential point of contact with the project. Two other houses are adjacent to the project. One is assumed to be the applicants and the other is immediately adjacent. D. The applicant has not yet received the access approval which needs to be submitted through the Dane County Highway department. WisDOT has indicated that access to Highway 12 & 18 should be satisfactory with appropriate improvement and controls.No temporary asphalt or concrete plant is anticipated. The Town considered this matter at their 17 March meeting and approved the project with a list of conditions. II. ANALYSIS A. RPC staff comments reflect the information contained above. **B. The potential for runoff from the project into the adjacent wetland would appear to be the most significant environmental problem. The applicant submitted erosion control plans with the application and was referred to Dane County Land Conservation for further review. ** Applicant has now reviewed their project with the Dane County Land Conservation department but final plans have not yet been approved. **The basic reclamation of the project is shown in the application and is fairly simple for this project. Top soil will be stripped, the material removed and the top soil replaced in grades somewhat flatter than the original. Current grades are approximately 6 to 1 and finish grades would be approximately 3 to 1. Fueling of vehicles should be limited to the loading equipment on the site since hauling trucks will be fueled off of the site. Dust issues have not been raised but are moderately conditioned in item 8 of the draft conditions. **Unlike some previous CUPs, no fencing has been included in the application or Town conditions, requirements are included in the draft condition which are similar to previous CUPs. Revised information from the applicants suggests : in4 To prevent unauthorized access to the site, a fence and locked gate will be placed at the entrance Ato the site along highway 12/18. In addition, the site will be marked with No Trespassing signs . to prevent public access to the site. Factors involved would be steepness of slopes during excavation, standing water on the project(none expected) , proximity to other residences, particularly those with children, and other equipment stored on the site.