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Proposal of Neighbors for Restrictions on Recreational Use at the Town of Middleton Town Hall Park (Presented to the Town Board on January 17, 1994) A group of Town of Middleton residents, including several families that are immediately adjacent to the Town Hall park, are very concerned about preserving the character of the neighborhood in its rural setting. They believe that the presence of lighting at a ball field in the Town Hall park will severely detract from the rural atmosphere of the area. These residents feel strongly that the negative impacts upon their enjoyment and property value are so substantial that the Town Board's request for lighting cannot satisfy the standards in the county's conditional use ordinance. 1 Therefore, these neighbors of the park strongly prefer that there be no lights at all. However, if the Town Board wishes to try to find a compromise, the neighbors have reached a consensus on a set of accommodations that they feel are reasonable in light of the rural character of this neighborhood. The following restrictions on the use of the park would minimize damage to the enjoyment and property values of the neighbors: i Moreover, as presently zoned A-1, only governmental uses are within the conditional use. It would appear that a re-zoning to RE-1 and a conditional use under the RE-1 classification are both necessary before organized baseball leagues or lighting can be conducted at the site, since the RE-1 classification treats baseball fields separately from governmental uses. We made this point to the County Zoning Committee in May, 1989 when the site's conditional use for a town hall governmental purpose was first discussed.