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Statement Regarding Zoning Petition #5703 by Michael L. - Alwin, agent for Edwin and William Rodenschmit to Rezone 15.1 acres in Section 10 from A-1 Exclusive Agriculture to RH-3 Rural Homes District Mary and Terry Devitt 4437 Dahmen Pass Cross Plains, WI 53528 July 13, 1993 Our names are Terry and Mary Devitt . We live at 4437 Dahmen Pass, Cross Plains, with our two sons Joseph, aged 6, and Guy, aged 4. Our property borders the property to which this zoning petition is directed. Our home is directly adjacent to the portion of this property that would be used for road access to any building site or sites on the property in question. We wish to go on record as being strongly opposed to the effort to rezone this property. We have a number of substantive reasons for opposing this petition. If this zoning change is granted, the housing development that it would permit would have a significant negative impact on our quality of life, the value of our property, the rural character of the area where we live, and the safety and well being of our family. It should be noted that the land in question is situated entirely on a steep hill that parallels County Highway P, just outside of the Village of Cross Plains. The portion of the hill in question, as it now exists, is a mature oak- hickory-black walnut woodland. The proposed, unsewered development of this land would take place at the top of the hill, directly above our property. Our concerns about this petition are as follows: 1. ) The strip of land that connects this parcel to Stagecoach Road and that would serve as an access corridor to the top of the hill lies within 30 feet of our home. At present, Dahmen Pass is a private roadway over which we have easement rights. Although we do not own the access corridor, we pay the property taxes on it and, with our neighbors and