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a $ <br /> August 6, 1987 <br /> Supervisor Lyman F. Anderson <br /> 875 Union Road <br /> Oregon, Wisconsin 53575 <br /> Re: Petition #4045 to be <br /> heard Aug. 11, 1987 <br /> Dear Mr. Anderson: <br /> We are Dane County residents and own and farm land in <br /> the Town of Medina. We ask that Petition #4045, by Supervisor <br /> Don Osterlie, to Dane County Zoning Ordinance, Section 10. 01 <br /> 30 (a) to change the definition of livestock to permit one sheep <br /> or goat to be considered a pet in agricultural districts, not be <br /> approved. We don' t believe a sheep or goat should be considered <br /> a pet in agricultural districts. <br /> Our situation with our neighbors is probably the best <br /> example. We live an agricultural district, but a portion of our <br /> land is bordered by two parcels, 39 ,097 square feet each, which <br /> are zoned R/W-Residential. One parcel contains a house and the <br /> other parcel contains a large barn, a good sized machine shed, a <br /> small tool shed, a two-car garage, a well and a ranch style <br /> house. <br /> In the spring of 1986 there were three ponies being kept <br /> on the parcel with the barn and the ponies were rode into my 1985 <br /> soybean crop, causing a great deal of damage. I have never <br /> recovered the full loss of the beans. Although keeping the <br /> ponies on this parcel was in violation of the zoning ordinance, <br /> they remained there until very recently. Now the owners of this <br /> parcel have goats which we must contend with. <br /> The goats either jump the fence or crawl through it, <br /> onto my wheat field. Then the owners go through the field to re- <br /> trieve the goats. All of this is creating more damage to my <br /> crops, which it is unlikely that I will ever receive compensation <br /> for. <br /> In order to get a fence between my property and these <br /> two adjoining parcels, in an effort to keep their animals off my <br /> property, it was necessary for me to consult a lawyer to follow <br /> the right procedure. The fence cost me $1,101. 00 for my share, <br /> plus my legal expenses and a surveyor ' s cost. Now I find that <br /> the goats are getting through a portion of the old fence, so I <br /> will be forced to put up an additional fence on my property to <br /> keep them out. <br />