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BOARDMAN, SUHR, CURRY & FIELD <br /> Ms. Shary Bisgard <br /> May 17, 1989 <br /> Page 2 <br /> ordinances it administers to such uses should be clearly <br /> articulated at this time. <br /> I was the speaker who suggested that the Dane County <br /> Ordinances require that if lights were to be installed, the <br /> current permit before the Committee would not be sufficient <br /> authorization, and there would need to be two additional <br /> approvals from your committee, namely a rezoning of the site to <br /> RE-1, and then a conditional use permit for the outdoor lighting. <br /> After I spoke, the question was asked (I believe by Mr. Klein) <br /> whether this was correct, or whether the "governmental use" <br /> category was broad enough to permit outdoor recreational <br /> lighting. <br /> Section 10. 10 of the Dane County Ordinances describes <br /> permitted uses and conditional uses in Recreational Districts <br /> (RE-1) . One of the permitted uses is " . . . tennis courts. . . and <br /> baseball diamonds, provided that if located outside of a building <br /> they shall not be lighted to operate during the hours of <br /> darkness. " (See section 10. 10 (1) (a) , emphasis added) . The same <br /> RE-1 district lists as conditional uses, under subsections (2) (b) <br /> and (g) : <br /> (b) Recreational facilities including but not limited <br /> to golf courses, golf driving ranges, tennis courts, <br /> archery ranges and baseball diamonds, that are located <br /> outside of a building and are lighted to operate during <br /> the hours of darkness. <br /> (g) Governmental uses. <br /> The fact that "governmental uses" is stated separately in <br /> this section as distinct from either unlighted (sec. 10. 10 (1) (a) ) <br /> or lighted (sec. 10. 10 (2) (b) ) baseball fields indicates that the <br /> latter activities are recognized to be significant activities <br /> deserving special attention in zoning decisions. If the term <br /> "governmental uses" were interpreted to include such activities, <br /> there would be no need to separately identify either the RE-1 <br /> permitted use of an unlighted ball field, or the RE-1 conditional <br /> use of a lighted field. It is a fundamental tenet of statutory <br /> (or ordinance) interpretation that the language is to be con- <br /> strued to give effect to all of its components. To do so here, <br />