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COMPOSITE REPORT - Page 2 APPLICATION NO. Co/S- STAFF COMMENTS/f/ REGIONAL PLANNING Petition 6154. This proposed commercial rezoning raises several policy concerns. This is adjacent to a commercial development area at the I-90/CTH N interchange, where there are specific town/county policies which apply: • Retail and highway services will only be considered at the 1-90/CTH-N interchange where compact, convenient, and highway-oriented businesses may be allowed. Due to existing development and access controls, any additional development may be required to make joint use of access points. The alternative is construction of a frontage road The town will not expend public funds for construction of such frontage roads or other public services. • Other small commercial development may be allowed along CTH-N near the 1-90 interchange with the following conditions: * Maintenance of the rural character objective will be n important consideration when considering any type of development or expansion. * Commercial properties will be regulated with conditional zoning. * The use will be limited to one requiring a septic system no larger than one required for a single-family home. * Access will not adversely affect the traffic capacity of CTH-N. * Trucks and equipment will be limited to 12 units total. Comment: While acknowledging some legitimate places for small businesses in rural areas, the town does not intend to be urbanized or provide urban services. Therefore the policies are designed to limit the size, intensity, and location of the uses. The conditional rezoning provision will be used to set specific limits on the use. When businesses grow, they are expected to move to appropriately served urban service areas, since the town intends to remain rural. While the location is adjacent to other commercial development, rezoning of 30 acres of farmland to C-2 Commercial clearly conflicts with a number of policies. As stated in the comment, the intent is to avoid large urban developments and to use conditional rezoning to limit specific uses. Until a proposal is submitted which can be measured against these policies, there is no rationale for approval of this rezoning. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (septic, etc.) DANE COUNTY HIGHWAY CTH N is a controlled access highway. A change of use application has been made (#94-25) and no action has been taken by the Transportation Committee. If approved modifications to existing access wil l be required by developer.