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1 <br /> NowTherefore, we decline to resort to the application of the Cohen rule under the <br /> particular circumstances available to us here. <br /> Based upon testimony and argument at the hearing on this matter, we make the <br /> following: <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> 1 . The lands in question are located in the Town of Albion, are zoned A-1 <br /> Exclusive Agricultural and are presently used for nonagricultural purposes , having <br /> been so used for the last 20 years. <br /> 2. That the Zoning Administrator determined that prisons are a conditional <br /> use in the A-1 Exclusive Agricultural District, such determination having been <br /> made on or about the 9th day of October, 1979. <br /> I 3. That the Appellants here, CAP, filed this Appeal on the 27th day of <br /> IvNovember, 1979; that no question has been raised regarding the timeliness of <br /> this Appeal . <br /> 4. That CAP is an organization of persons opposed to the conversion of St. <br /> Joseph's Seminary to a prison and that some of the members of this organization <br /> are landowners in the Town of Albion in the immediate area of St. Joseph ' s Academy. <br /> i <br /> 5. That the Appellants believe they will potentially suffer a diminution in <br /> value of their lands if St. Joseph's Seminary is converted to a prison; that the <br /> Appellants believe they will otherwise suffer damages , whether physical or mental , <br /> if St. Joseph' s Seminary is converted to a prison. <br /> 6. That Chairman Dahlk appeared before the Dane County Zoning Committee on <br /> 1 <br /> ' November 17, 1979, in opposition to the granting of Conditional Use Permit =189 <br /> which was a request to allow the conversion of St. Joseph 's Seminary into a prison; <br /> that such appearance by Mr. Dahlk was made on behalf of the Dane County Towns <br /> Association of which Mr. Dahlk is the Executive Secretary; that such appearance <br /> ppearance <br /> r► did not represent the personal views of Mr. Dahlk; that Mr. Dahlk has stated that <br /> I he believes he is unbiased in this matter; and that the issues before this Board <br /> , <br /> are entirely different than those before the Zoning Committee. <br /> 7. That Myron Cherry appeared before the Board in this matter as an Attorney <br /> for the Appellants; that Mr. Cherry is not licensed to practice law in the State <br /> of Wisconsin; that parties often are represented before this Board by persons who are <br /> not licensed as lawyers. <br />