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1 <br /> Department of Planning <br /> and Development <br /> Planning Unit <br /> City of Madison Municipal Building <br /> Madison 215 Martin Luther King,Jr. Boulevard <br /> PAIS P.O. Box 2985 <br /> Madison,Wisconsin 53701-2985 <br /> 608 266 4635 <br /> t,;� July 12, 1994 <br /> Mr. Lyman Anderson, Chairman RECEIVE!) <br /> Zoning and Natural Resources Committee <br /> Dane County Zoning Department <br /> Room 116, City-County Building ,12 1994 <br /> 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br /> Madison, WI 53709 <br /> DANE COUNTY <br /> Re: Zoning Petition#5989 LAND REG. &RECORDS <br /> Dear Chairman Anderson: <br /> The staff of the City of Madison Planning Unit has received notice of the proposed <br /> rezoning of approximately 14 acres located just east of 3949 Hoepker Road from <br /> the A-1 Agricultural District to the RE-1 Recreational District. Based on a review <br /> of the application and other information contained in the file, the Planning Unit staff <br /> is opposed to this rezoning and recommends that Petition No. 5989 not be <br /> approved. This recommendation is made for the following reasons: <br /> This segment of the Hoepker Road frontage is considered an inappropriate <br /> location for commercial development-- which is what the proposed driving <br /> range represents. Currently, the only non-rural uses along both the north <br /> and south Hoepker Road frontages are residences --including the Rattman <br /> Heights subdivision and the recently approved Hoepker Heights plat. There <br /> are also residences along Portage Road, adjacent to this site. While the <br /> proposed driving range may be considered to be a seasonal,relatively low- <br /> impact use,once the property has RE-1 zoning, it has the potential to <br /> eventually be used much more intensively at some future time. Consider <br /> Vitense Golfland on Madison's west side,for example. Many alternative <br /> recreational uses besides a driving range could also be introduced as <br /> permitted or conditional uses at some future time under RE-1 zoning. <br /> - As with all spot zonings, approval of a commercial use here increases the <br /> likelihood that other non-residential uses may be requested in the Hoepker <br /> Road/Portage Road vicinity in the future -- uses similarly inconsistent with <br /> the existing and recommended land uses here. <br /> The proposed commercial use is not consistent with the recommendations <br /> of the City of Madison's Peripheral Area Development Plan or the Rattman <br /> Neighborhood Development Plan,both of which recommend continued <br /> low-intensity rural uses along Hoepker Road. The proposed commercial <br /> driving range would not be considered a rural use within the context of <br /> these plans. <br />