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• -2- Three renters (minimum) plus 12 slips = 15 potential cars plus friends and relatives visiting (2 each) = the possibility of 45 cars and there could potentially be many more. The Babcock Park area is only stickered for boaters and parking in the area or on Camp Leonard Road is not allowed. Also, with the added traffic it will cause a great safety concern to families with children playing in the area and will also cause extra wear-and-tear to the Camp Leonard Road. 2. Because Mr. Pottinger's present property is zoned recreational he apparently does not have to get a permit to build the 12 slips in the space of water that could be as large as 150 feet by 100 feet by 150 feet. Since this marina type operation will be in the area of where the boaters from Babcock Park come in and out, it will be both a traffic hazard and a congested area to boaters. 3. The Camp Leonard Road area consists only of residential properties. The rezoning of Mr. Pottinger's property and his planned use of that property, should he receive Dane County's permission, will cause considerable depreciation to the adjoining properties (Randy and Teresa Trachte and mine, C. Scott Mitchell) . The value of the other residen- tial properties in this area will also be affected. In conclusion, Mr. Pottinger's request for a Conditional Use Permit to rent 2943 and 2947 Camp Leonard Road will have a much greater impact on our neighborhood than indicated in his request, i.e. , storage construction of major proportions, construction of 12 marina slips, the traffic and parking problems, etc. Another major concern I have, if granted this Conditional Use Permit, is that he will later ask permission to build (in place of the existing residential structure) a four or eight unit apartment building. I perceive this Conditional Use Permit as a way to get his foot in the door to this and other commercial and/or for-profit type activities all of which are right smack in the middle of a residential area. I am not the only one on Camp Leonard Road who has these objections and concerns, i.e. , the signed petition of local neighbors and residents objecting to Mr. Pottinger turning a residence into a commercial marina, they too have concerns and many are similar to mine. I have lived at my present residence since May, 1985 and the primary reason I chose to live here was to get away from a major town or city, and to enjoy the peace and quiet that this semi-rural area in which I presently live offers. I trust, in the best interest of the current residents living on Camp Leonard Road, that the Dane County Board, the Dane County Zoning Department and the Town of Dunn will not allow this travesty to take place.