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L. Anderson April 11, 1995 Page 2 However, it is our understanding that instead of only one- or two-story buildings, the buildings may now be three or four stories in height. The City of Madison's adopted Land Use Plan has designated the Lester Williams Estate property together with adjacent properties on Landmark Place for multi- family dwellings (Medium Density Residential). Instead of multi-family residences, some of the properties have been developed with office uses, such as the WIPRO and IBM buildings. Because of these developments, a more appropriate use of the Lester Williams Estate property may be for office development instead of multi-family residences. However, based on the present zoning of RH-1 Rural Homes District, the only uses now allowed on the Lester Williams Estate property are agricultural uses, single-family dwellings, and community living arrangements and foster homes with a limitation on the number of persons as permitted uses, and certain types of institutional uses, such as day care centers,and government and religious uses, as conditional uses. The Lester Williams Estate property, which is 6.4 acres in size, has unique natural features. A portion of the property was quarried,and therefore the topography has been altered to provide some low areas. Although a ridgeline traverses the property from southwest to northeast and much of the land slopes toward Landmark Place, the southeast and some of the south portions of the property slope toward the single-family lots on Nottingham Way. The southeast portion also contains some steep slopes. Today, storm water runoff from the southeast and south portions drains towards and across the single-family lots. If development were to occur in the southeast and south portions, the impervious areas will contribute towards more storm water runoff, thereby creating a significant problem for homeowners on Nottingham Way. It is our understanding that no development plan has been submitted together with the rezoning petition, and if the property were to be rezoned to C-2 Commercial District, the proposed development need not undergo further review through a conditional use process. We would suggest that the Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee defer action on this rezoning petition until an overall site development plan for the entire 6.4 acres has been prepared by Epicentre Technologies Corporation. The site development plan should indicate the size and location of all future buildings, driveways,parking lots, and other improvements and in addition, any on-site landscaping and screening. Storm water from the buildings,parking lots and other impervious areas should be diverted towards Landmark Place which now has an underground storm sewer system. Any building exceeding two stories in height should be located in the north portion of the property and closer towards Landmark Place. The adjacent WIPRO building is