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-53 98 a <br /> . r <br /> Department of Planning and Development <br /> Planning/Inspection/Community & Economic Development/Assisted Housing <br /> City of George E. Austin, Director Madison Municipal Building <br /> Madison 215 Martin Luther King,Jr. Boulevard <br /> P.O. Box 2985 <br /> Madison,Wisconsin 53701-2985 <br /> di\ 608 266 4635 <br /> ••i� <br /> July 13, 1992 <br /> Mr. Lyman Anderson, Chairman <br /> Zoning and Natural Resources Committee <br /> Dane County Zoning Department <br /> Room 116, City-County Building <br /> 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br /> Madison, WI 53709 <br /> Re: Zoning Petition #5398 <br /> Dear Chairman Anderson: <br /> I am writing to offer the Department of Planning and Development's <br /> position regarding the proposed rezoning of a 73-acre parcel <br /> located south of 4587 Highway 19 from the A-1 Agriculture District <br /> to the C-2 Commercial District. The application indicates that <br /> this rezoning is being requested to permit development of these <br /> lands with retail outlets, fast food, shopping or strip centers. <br /> This proposed rezoning, or any expanded development at this <br /> location, would not be consistent with the recommendations of <br /> adopted local and regional plans and policy documents. <br /> The City of Madison's Peripheral Area Development Plan includes <br /> the subject lands within Planning Area N6, which is identified as <br /> a Permanent Open Space district, and recommended as the top <br /> priority area for open space preservation. (See Attachment A) <br /> This recommendation recognizes the importance of the Cherokee <br /> Marsh complex as an irreplaceable natural feature in Dane County <br /> and an essential factor in maintaining the water quality in the <br /> Madison lakes. Part of the lands proposed for rezoning are <br /> already within the boundaries of the protection area of the <br /> Cherokee Marsh Long Range Open Space Plan adopted by Dane County, <br /> the City of Madison and the Towns of Westport, Burke, and Windsor. <br /> The Peripheral Area Development Plan notes the importance of <br /> preserving the uplands adjacent to Cherokee Marsh as well as the <br /> actual wetlands and recommends that "if the lands surrounding the <br /> Marsh come under pressure for more intensive development, an <br /> expansion of the Cherokee Marsh protected area is considered as <br /> important as securing open space in areas with less environmental <br /> significance". The proposed commercial development south of <br /> Highway 19 represents precisely the type of activity from which <br /> the Marsh fringes need to be protected. <br />