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PETITION WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED REZONING OF LOT 104 LOCATED ON CLOVE ROAD IN THE NE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 21 , TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST, OF THE SECOND ADDITION TO MARY LAKE SUBDIVISION, TOWN OF WESTPORT, DANE COUNTY. PETITION 3428, NOW BEFORE THE DANE COUNTY ZONING COMMITTEE, REQUESTS THAT THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LOT 104 BE REZONED FROM R-A1 EXCLUSIVE TO R-3A. THIS ALLOWS THE LAND TO BE USED FOR ALL PURPOSES UNDER THE R-1A ZONING AND ALSO ALLOWS THE LAND TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL UNIT (DUPLEX) . WE THE UNDERSIGNED STATE OUR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. -THE INTEGRITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DESTROYED. -THERE ARE NO OTHER LOTS IN THE SECOND ADDITION PLAT THAT NOW HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL UNIT ON THEM. -THE NATURE OF A MUTI-FAMILY RENTAL UNIT IS TO CATER TO A MUCH MORE TRANSIENT SEGMENT OF SOCIETY. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LESS DESIRABLE TENANT LESS WILLING TO MAINTAIN THE PREMISES THAN THOSE MORE PERMANENT LANDOWNERS NOW LIVING IN THE SUB-DIVISION. -THE APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING COULD AND WOULD IN ALL PROBABILITY RESULT IN A DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUES FOR LANDS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LOT 104. IF NOT A DECLINE, THE PROPERTY VALUES WOULD NOT INCREASE IN VALUE AS MUCH AS IF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS BUILT AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEFT INTACT. -EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS PURCHASED LOTS AND HOMES IN THE ADDITION KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THE AREA WAS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY. TO APPROVE THIS REZONING NOW WOULD BE A BREACH OF CONTRACT THAT ALL OF US OWNING PROPERTY IN THIS ADDITION SIGNED WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY. -THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, COULD AT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, BE OWNED BY A NON-RESIDENT LANDLORD WHO MAY NOT BE AS REPONSIVE TO THE CARE AND MAINTAINENCE OF THE UNIT AS OTHER LANDLORDS OR MOST SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERS WOULD BE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A LESS CARED FOR FACILITY AND IN A FURTHER DECLINE OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF OTHER SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. -THERE ARE MANY OTHER SUITABLE SITES AVAILABE IN CLOSE PROXMITY THAT COULD BE ZONED R-3A. THERE IS 100 PLUS ACRES AVAILABLE ALONG COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY M WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AN ENTIRE AREA COULD BE DESIGNATED FOR THIS PURPOSE INSTEAD OF INITIATING A POLICY OF HELTER SKELTER PLACEMENT OF RENTAL UNITS THROUGHOUT AN AREA OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. -THE WESTPORT PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE TOWN BOARD OF WESTPORT THAT THE PETITION FOR REZONING BE DENIED, MARCH 18, 1985. IMA4t,,y‘ ard 1 %WO �° `� ' 9 55A/9 wok=