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live nearby, but non-pilot would-be purchasers of homes and farms <br /> near the airport probably would choose to purchase elsewhere. We <br /> would not have purchased our property had the airport already been <br /> established here. <br /> (4) With the exception of very few neighbors who have conflicts of <br /> interst (e.g., one man whose son is the best friend of the applicant <br /> and several who are pilots), we and our neighbors who have lived for <br /> many years in the immediate vicinity of the designated property, <br /> and the large proportion of township residents who have signed <br /> petitions opposing C.U.P. no. 999, maintain that the airport would <br /> interfere with the safety, comfort, and enjoyment of established <br /> uses of the neighboring properties. The farmers and non-farmer <br /> residents who live in Springdale have chosen to live in a safe, rural <br /> agricultural setting. The applicant is not a resident of Springdale, <br /> and he is not purchasing the land to fly his own plane (personal use <br /> airport). Instead, he plans establish an airport to fly his plane for <br /> his own enjoyment and pay for his hobby by renting hangar space to <br /> other pilots. <br /> (5) At the second public hearing of the Springdale Town Planning <br /> Commission, July 6, 1992, the applicant declined anwering direct <br /> questions about the benefits of the proposed airport to our <br /> community. The airport would actually benefit the hobby of a few <br /> pilots at the major inconvenience of many established residents. <br /> Not having the airport in Springdale does not prevent the applicant <br /> from pursuing his hobby at established airports (49 in Dane County <br /> of which 7 are abandoned -- according to the FAA administrator, Mr. <br /> M. Pinkley in Minneapolis). The applicant claimed also that there are <br /> two established airports in Springdale. He is misinformed: Mr. <br /> Pinkley informed me that there is one abandoned locality that was <br /> previously a personal use airstrip used only by the landowner, Mr. <br /> Zoller. The other one to which the applicant referred is actually a <br /> property owned by Mr. Norm Rick who flies "toy" or model airplanes_ <br /> (6) The property's topography is not flat necessitating a relatively <br /> short airstrip, the safety of which would depend on the expertise of <br /> pilots. <br />