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MINUTES OF THE DANE COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING OF MAY 9, 1974 Present: Erickson and Dahlk. Also: Hesslink Meeting called to order in executive session at 1:30 P. M. by Chairman Erickson in Room 313D of the City-County Building. Board noted that notice of Executive Session had been posted in the Office of the County Clerk and Zoning Department. A. Board discussed the evidence and legal problems relating to Appeal *276 (Melvin Cohen) with Mr. Hesslink. The Board finds the following facts: 1. Appellant 's property is currently zoned A-1 Agricultural; 2. Appellant is currently in the business of retail sales of groceries and related items, which activity is not engaged in on the premises in question; 3. Appellant is also in the business of shipping by truck produce and related food items both for his own retail stores and other outlets in various parts of Wisconsin. That in the natural course of this shipping business, the appellant often parks semitrailers and semitractors on the property which is the subject of this appeal. The said tractors and trailers are out in the open and that there are no docks or storage facilities on or about the property; and 4. That the Zoning Administrator has ruled that this use of the appellant 's property constitutes a "truck terminal" within the meaning of the Ordinance and is in violation of the Zoning Ordinance limitation of private garages. The Board concludes as a matter of law, based on the above facts: 1 . That the appellant 's use of his property does not violate the Zoning Ordinance limitation of private garages; and 2. That the appellant 's use of his land constitutes a "truck terminal" within the meaning of the Dane County Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, not a permitted use in an A-i Agricultural District. Mr. Dahlk moved that the decision of the Zoning Administrator be upheld, but only insofar as it held that the appellant 's use of his property constitutes a "truck terminal. " Mr. Erickson seconded the motion. The motion carried.