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• MICHAELBEST &1 RJE CH May 21, 1991 Page 3 presently located within the subject residence and therefore does not satisfy that purpose. Furthermore, the provision provides that the ordinance is to "protect the interests of adjacent property owners. " The interests of a neighborhood of single-family residences are protected by preserving the single-family residential character of the neighborhood, free from commercial uses. The character of a neighborhood can be preserved if the activity is confined to within the residence and is not apparent or visible to the surrounding property owners. Retail sales of artwork and wine within a single-family neighborhood does not protect the interests of those who wish to preserve the single-family residential character of a neighborhood. With respect to the High Point Estates, it should be noted that no notice was given to the residents for the reason that they reside in the City of Madison and not the Town of Middleton and yet these parties are the closest to the proposed art gallery. Welton Enterprises, as the developer and a representative to the Home Owner's Association, is opposed to the proposed use for the reasons stated herein. B. Section 10. 192 (5) provides: " (5) The conditional use permit holder may be restricted to a service oriented business and thus prohibited from manufacturing or assembling products or selling products on the premises or any combination thereof. " The stated preference for service-oriented businesses and the power to prohibit such things as the sale of products indicates that certain activities associated with the sale of products would not be acceptable under the ordinance and not acceptable to the surrounding neighborhood. Activities which are associated with the retail sale of products, such as exterior appearance (i.e. , signage and night lighting) , traffic (i.e, ingress, egress and parking) , deliveries and a certain density of people which come and go to support the business are the type of activities that should not be found in a single-family residential area. It would appear from the ordinance that the permissible uses are to have no outside activity or appearance that would be detrimental to a single-family residence. The list of possible permissible uses is endless and includes such services as computer research or programming, accounting or bookkeeping, telephone sales work, surveying, etc. In this case, an artist who is producing artwork and arranges to have a studio within their residence would be a fact situation supporting the Limited Family Business designation. However, the distributor of artwork and wine to retail customers