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, 5/24/93 to: Zoning and Natural Resources Committee Dane County Board City-County Building #116 Madison WI 53709 copy: Dane County Community & Regional Planning Committee from: Pine Bluff citizen committee re: Zoning petition #5644, by John A Kassner, agent for Donald P Connors change zoning from A-1 exclusive agriculture district to R-1A residential district for purposes of splitting the existing property In the cited zoning petition, it is proposed to divide the existing 2.7 acre property described in his application into proposed parcel A, containing 1 .4 acres and the existing house, and, proposed parcel B, 1 .3 acres, on which the petitioner eventually plans to build an additional house. The undersigned residents of the Town of Cross Plains, whose properties adjoin the property under rezoning petition or are located on either side of the rock bluff, known as Pine Bluff, and located south of County Rd J and west and north of County Rd P, wish to bring to the attention of the Zoning and Natural Resources Committee of the Dane County Board our united opposition to the rezoning petition. As noted in the accompanying letter from the Town of Cross Plains to the Dane County Zoning Department and to the Dane County Community and Regional Development Commission, we all disagree with the earlier decision of the town board to approve the rezoning of the Connors property. In addition, with the exception of one of the resident families of our group, none of us had any prior knowledge that the rezoning decision was on the agenda for the Cross Plains Town Board for any of the earlier meetings; unlike county-level rezoning hearings, for which specific notices are mailed to property owners adjoining the one covered by the rezoning petition, the town boards are required only to post notifications in newspapers or on the doors of some public place such as the town hall; we deem this insufficient and unfair for purposes of generating appropriate and timely response from neighboring and affected property owners, and we feel that it invalidates rezoning decisions by township boards that provide no direct notification. We individually assign one or more reasons for opposing the rezoning: 1 . Proposed parcel B is highly unsuitable for building construction of any type, because most of its 1 .3 acres are on the steep (40-45 degree) north slope of the porous sandstone bluff (Pine Bluff) that transects all the properties south of County Rd J and west and north of County Rd P. There are three existing single-family houses, wells and septic systems located around the site at the base of the north slope of the bluff or near the intersection of County Rd J and County Rd P, comprising 4165 County Rd J (Wolf), 4175 County Rd J (Connors), and 4177 County Rd J (Schmid). These houses are each sited approximately 200 ft from each other. An additional septic system would negatively affect the wells of the houses on the south slope of the sandstone bluff, comprising 3427 County Rd P (Harris), 3425 County Rd P (Cade) and 3423 County Rd P (Willis). 1