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- November 3, 1988 <br /> Dane County Agriculture, Environment and <br /> Land Records Committee <br /> Shary Bisgard, Chair <br /> Dear Committee Members: <br /> Many residents of the Town of Verona and nearby property owners <br /> have expressed opposition to zoning petition no. 4295, in which <br /> John Rowley seeks to change the zoning of an area of property <br /> from A-1: Exclusive Agriculture to C-2: Commercial District. <br /> The location, 1748 Spring Rose Road, is in the southwestern most <br /> section of the Town of Verona. This site is more than 5.5 miles <br /> from the nearest urban service area. Access to this remote region <br /> is via a circuitous network of tree-framed, narrow town roads <br /> with numerous blind corners. This unglaciated terrain is a <br /> magnificent physical setting with an extraordinary panorama of <br /> distant vistas. The area is rich in natural resources, including <br /> rolling hills, wildlife, an abundance of woodlands and drainage <br /> corridors. <br /> Based on conflicts of petition 4295 with both the 'Objectives, Policies <br /> and Agenda for Action' provided in the current Regional <br /> Development Guide for Dane County, Wisconsin and the recently <br /> updated Town of Verona Land Use Plan, we oppose the petition. <br /> Four specific points of oppoosttion are detailed below. <br /> 1. The rezoning proposed represents an extreme form of 'spot' or <br /> 'island' zoning, in the midst of a rural setting zoned for <br /> agriculture and/or residential use. This proposed 'commerical <br /> area would be totally isolated from any urban service area or <br /> even a part of a larger planned unit development. <br /> Spot-zoning a remote rural parcel of land for commercial C-2 <br /> purposes is an Imesarig212, long-term authorization for an <br /> extremely intense form of commercial development. C-2 would <br /> allow Any commercial use, including such diverse enterprises as a <br /> used car lot, slaughterhouse, racetrack, or industrial plant. Over <br /> succeeding generations and series of owners, it is highly likely that <br /> evolution will be toward heavy commercial development. The <br /> very success of a commercial venture is likely to create further <br /> pres sure for expansion and for the depredation of the rural <br /> environment. <br /> 2. Rezoning a small tract of land for commercial purposes within <br /> an Agriculture Exclusive district conflicts with the intent of this <br /> agriculture zoning classification. This category was created in <br />