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. �o 'o w Dane County Regional Planning Commission v., - r imuinamomilli 217 S. Hamilton St., Suite 403, Madison, Wisconsin 53703-3238 Tel. 608/266-4137 t*-• °� Y O ktl an December 22, 1994 Mr. Robert Bowman 4417 Rocky Dell Road Cross Plains, WI 53528 RE: Zoning Petition 6090 - Town of Cross Plains Dear Mr. Bowman: You obviously have done considerable research and make a good argument for your petition; however, the plan policy adopted by the town and Dane County remains the same: "Lands in the agricultural district should not be rezoned for non farm residential development at an overall density of one dwelling per 35 acres owned as of the date of adoption on this plan. " The Town of Cross Plains was rezoned to A-1 Agriculture District (Exclusive) in 1981. Under that district, your 28-acre parcel became a "Substandard Parcel" since it was less than 35 acres. The substandard provision allows for one house. When you want to divide the parcel and create additional lots, rezoning is required; the policy guidance for such rezoning is the town plan, which is an adopted part of the Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan. Some towns have adopted policies which provide specific criteria for these substandard parcels to be further divided. The Town of Cross Plains has not adopted such a policy. You note that the land to the north was rezoned in 1985. I am attaching that petition(#3372) and our comments, which were virtually the same as for your petition. Since a rezoning was approved, you have an argument to be treated the same; however, the policy has not changed. We did not do a detailed analysis of the soils and topography since that is not an issue. The question is, How much development should occur here? The density policy of one lot per 35 acres is the limit until there is an approved amendment to the town/county plan. The "Density" policy allows for development of one lot per 35 acres owned generally to allow a limited amount of development in rural agricultural areas. There are several reasons for this policy, consistent with the objectives of the Cross Plains plan: • maintain an overall rural density • provide an objective basis for treating landowners fairly and equally RPC