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e nktt Dane County Planning & Development F�) 4� ' Room 116, City-County Building, Madison, Wisconsin 53709 Land Division Review ' cml ,#. 608/266-9086 is 5 ' " ��-- Property Listing 608/266-4120 December 18, 2000 Surveyor 608/266-4252 TO: Town of Vermont Board of ervi Su sors Zoning Supervisors 608/266-4266 Town of Vermont Plan Commission Members FROM: Jeanie Sielin Director, Dane County Planning and Development RE: Town and County determination of potential development rights • Thank you for contacting me and sharing your concerns regarding the method with which the Town and County determine potential splits under the 1 per 35 density policy. To determine acreage owned as of the date specified in Town plans, the County relies on historical plat books, zoning permit data, certified survey maps, and digital GIS parcel maps. The Town of Vermont is unique in that it specifies that "...assessor's records and maps as of January 1, 1985" should be used. This explains the discrepancy between the County and Town calculation of acreage for the original Bakken farm, and in turn, the number of available "potential" splits remaining. My staff reviewed the tax records from 1985 on microfiche in the Treasurers Office, and found that the Bakken farm totaled 263 acres (7.51 splits). This analysis verifies that under the Town's rounding provision, the Bakken farm would be entitled to a total of 8 potential splits. Our original analysis documented only 7 potential splits for the original Bakken farm, with 6 prior splits taken at the time. On July 13, 1999 the ZNR Committee approved Mr. Grover's petition(#7601) to rezone 2 areas from the original Bakken farm, for a total of 8 splits. The Committee permitted Mr. Grover to "transfer" a split from an adjacent property (parcel # 0706-212-8000) that was part of the Sullivan farm in 1985. The Committee conditioned their approval subject to a deed restriction prohibiting further development on parcel #0706-212-8000. It appears that the deed restriction on parcel #0706-212-8000 is not needed. This situation can be remedied by filing a petition to remove the deed restriction on the parcel. Because of the mistake, we will waive the normal application fee. The County from now on will use the assessor's records as specified in the Town plan. We would request that a copy of the 1985 assessment records be forwarded to our department so that we are working from the same source of information. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.