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COMPOSIT REPORT APPLICATION # N,674 4 TOWN BOARD COMMENT: STAFF COMMENTS REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (RPC) Petition 5766. This area proposed for a residential plat conflicts with basic town/county agricultural preservation policies in the Town of Verona. This same area was reviewed in March 1993 as Petition 5587. The parcels with existing residences were eventually approved; however, the area now proposed as Petition 5766 was not approved. The relevant policy for the agricultural preservation area in the Town of Verona is: "Non-farm residential development by certified survey in those areas with soils not classified as prime farmland at a density of one lot per 35 contiguous acres owned, with a minimum lot size of two acres will be considered for rezoning. The policy provides for a minimum amount of residential development in agricultural areas. It is assumed that rezoning would be required for residential construction. According to the soil map, over half of the area of this farm is rated to have prime soils according to USDA definitions. The applicant indicates that 50% of the soils are Class I and II (most productive) and 50% are Class III. The Class III soils are productive, as born out by the applicant's notation that 92% of the land proposed for rezoning is cropland, primarily corn. There is a small wooded area. The density policy of one lot per 35 contiguous acres owned would allow up to 4 lots on the less productive land. However, the two existing residences become non-farm homes and thus account for two of the allowable lots. Two more would be allowed by policy as non-farm residential lots. Thus, from a density policy standpoint, two additional lots' would be allowed, not the 11 proposed in the petition. This proposal has major conflicts with the adopted policy for this area. OTHER • •