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Members of Agriculture, Environment and Land Records Committee - Dane County Board September 29 , 1989 Page 3 To anticipate some of the "objections" to the zoning Petition, I will now make some additional comments . This is a difficult case, though, because there has not yet been a single reason suggested by anyone why "R-4" zoning for the parcel in question is in any way appropriate. Such a tidbit of information has never come to my attention from any source; and I am sure it never will . This clearly is a case of erroneous zoning, and the "R-4" designation dating back to at least 1962, cannot be in any way the by-product of any rational decision-making process . It has been suggested that the Petitioner is trying to "re-zone someone else ' s property" . That is not the case at all . Our statutes and ordinances give a number of parties , agencies and entities the right to bring the zoning question before the appropriate authorities , in this case yourselves . That is all the Petitioner has done. In our County the de facto zoning authority is the Dane County Board; and that is who will ul- timately be making the decisions in this case, based on recommen- dations from yourselves ; not the Petitioner. There is no such thing as "re-zoning someone else ' s property" . This is not a case of an established, existing use . This is a case of a proposed use so utterly at odds with appropriate zoning designations and the use of the surrounding neighborhood, that a more extreme case could hardly be imagined. This is also not a case where there will be a "hardship", such as in the case of a requested down zoning to an agricultural use, or a very restrictive use. "R-3" is hardly a particularly restrictive use; it in fact, is the standard designation to which we often see requests for zoning changes made from agri- cultural or similar designations . In fact, many of the neigh- borhood residents and even Commission members , would prefer to see a much more restrictive zoning requested, going far beyond "R-3" . "R-3" was selected as the appropriate designation because it is the most liberal zoning available for the owner consistent with any kind of rational planning or zoning imple- mentation. Finally, zoning is a public interest question. If you will look through Section 59 .97 and all of the County Ordinances and applicable zoning cases and law, you do not see owners ' preference or previous zoning designations set forth even as factors ; much less determinative criteria. This is a relatively unique case which has come to a head, because of the installa- tion of the Kegonsa Sanitary District facilities . It will