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COUNTY OF DANE CORRESPONDENCE MEMORANDUM Dane County Zoning - Rm. 116 City-County Bldg. Madison Wi 53709 - PH: 608/266-9083 - Fax 608/266-4154 DATE: July 11, 1994 JEFFREY KERN CLERK TOWN OF MIDDLETON 7555 W OLD SAUK RD VERONA WI 53593 FROM: Bill Fleck, Zoning Administrator SUBJECT: Automatic reverting of zoning classification back to a prior zoning - Munz rezone application #5933 . Please be advised that automatic reverting of a zoning classification back to the zoning that was previously in existence on a property or to another specified zoning classification is not permitted. The State Statutes, pursuant to 59. 97 (5) (e) prescribe the process by which zoning classifications must be changed. This process requires the following: 1. A petition to change zoning being submitted to the County Clerk. 2 . County Clerk referral to the zoning agency (Zoning & Natural Resources Committee) . 3 . Notice to the county supervisor in the affected district. 4 . Report to county board of all petitions submitted. 5. Public hearing by the zoning agency. 6 . Action by the pertinent town board. 7 . Report of zoning agency action to the county board. 8 . Action by the county board. 9 . Action by county executive. The above listed process is the only method by which a zoning classification may be changed, any other method would not be legal. If there is a desire to require a zoning classification to revert back to a prior classification or, change to a different preferred classification, you might consider using a contract agreement between the town and the property owner. Said contract could specify that, upon a designated occurrence such as a cessation of a business or transfer of land ownership, an application shall be made to change the zoning classification back to the prior zoning ' or whatever zoning might be preferred by the town board. The contract should include the requirement that the property owner