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WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION <br /> 222 South Hamilton Street <br /> Suite 1 <br /> � ,� Madison, WI 53703 <br /> , # 0,0, <br /> v <br /> (608) 251-2252 <br /> i. Z "991 <br /> Dane County Zoning Board <br /> City/County Building <br /> 201 Martin Luther King Drive <br /> Madison, WI 53703 <br /> July 22, 1991 <br /> To the Zoning Board: <br /> As a representative of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association, I am writing to urge <br /> you not to re-zone the wetland area to allow for the extension of Burning Wood Way <br /> on the property of John Fox, in the Cherokee Park housing complex. <br /> Re-zoning this area would clearly be in violation of both the letter and the spirit <br /> of the shoreland wetland zoning ordinance. The area which Mr. Fox has filled is within <br /> 1000 feet of the ordinary high water mark, so that shoreland restrictions do apply, in <br /> addition to the more restrictive wetland zoning. While Mr. Fox may claim that he did <br /> not know this area was a wetland, it clearly fell under the definition of shoreland. The <br /> shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance is intended "For the purpose of promoting and <br /> protecting the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare to: prevent <br /> and control water pollution; protect fish spawning grounds, fish and aquatic life, <br /> control building sites, placement of structures, preserve shore cover and natural <br /> beauty." (Section 11.02(3)). <br /> This wetland area, located between relatively steep uplands and the Yahara <br /> River, is critical in intercepting surface runoff and trapping the nutrients and sediments <br /> carried in that runoff. On the upland side of the filled road area is a golf course and <br /> many acres of hills that are currently farmed, but which Mr. Fox's plans for the area <br /> indicates will have roads put in at some point (note that his plan does not show any <br /> houses, but does show roads that circle around as any residential roads would, <br /> indicating to me that additional housing is planned for that area). This level of <br /> development is only sustainable in the sensitive area around Cherokee marsh and <br /> Park if the wetlands, particularly those so close to the shore, are left intact, where they <br /> 1 <br /> Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land . . . Aldo Leopold <br />