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• was not his concern because he had met his obligation. It was also during that meeting that I learned that the Zoning Division of the Department of Land Regulation and Records has jurisdiction in this matter. I have since written a letter to the board asking that Madison Pentecostal Assembly be required to live up to the spirit and letter of the terms of the conditional use permit by retaining their runoff on site. Mat Wenzel,the current town of Madison building has inspected the drainage system and in his opinion it does not function,nor has it likely ever worked properly. Mat has sent the zoning board a letter stating his opinion, as I've outline it. Now the church wants to expand onto an adjacent property with a large backyard,nearly a 1/2 acre. Will this become another 1/2 acre of blacktop draining through my yard? Noise was another concern expressed 9 years ago. Again, we were told not to worry,there would not be any increased noise. How can you have 30 to 40 cars and 50 to 100 people entering and exiting a single building and driveway at the same time without producing any noise? I have personally called the church twice to ask to have it quieted down. Both times it was after 10:30 p.m. My requests were promptly complied with,but should I need to make such a request in the first place? I've never had to ask any of my other neighbors to please keep it down. For the two times I did call, there were another dozen times when I wanted to call but didn't. Noise is one of the biggest reasons that Warren Dettinger is selling his house-he just can't take it anymore and wants to escape. I think if you look at police records you'll see that Warren has called the police more than once because of the noise. If the church expands the noise will get worse not better. It will be spread out over 2 yards not just one. Traffic will be going up and down two driveways and people will be moving from building to building. The large back yard offers the possibility of outdoor services. On street parking by church members is in an ongoing problem. When the conditional use permit was originally granted on street parking was prohibited to prevent such problems. This was okay with the church because they said they didn't plan on parking on the street anyway-their lot was big enough. The prohibition against on street parking was stricken from the conditional use permit because it was considered unenforceable. Obviously,the parking lot is no longer large enough. Currently, as many as 10 cars park on the street each Sunday and at other times during the week. Residents near the church have been blocked out of their driveways and Nygard Street is reduced to one lane that shifts from one side of the street to the other. Following a recent house fire on Nygard Street,the firemen commented that if the fire had occurred when the church was in service they would not have been able to get rescue vehicles to the house. The number of vehicles driving up and down Nygard Street to attend services probably exceeds the number of