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of this specific proposal,the Town and Village have entered into an agreement to allow residential development. DANE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Because the county comprehensive plan is made up of both the town of Cottage Grove and Village of Cottage Grove plan,the most important plan element is the Intergovernmental Cooperation element. The town and village have entered into a formal agreement for this particular development. In it,the Village agreed to waive its ETJ authority for this subdivision. RESOURCE PROTECTION: No portion of the property is located in the resource protection corridor. STAFF: The proposal meets the dimensional standards of the R-2 Residence zoning district. The minimum lot size for residential lots served with a septic system is 20,000 sq.ft. The proposal is reasonably consistent with the town plan.The village of Cottage Grove has indicated its support for the proposal by resolution,thereby making the proposal consistent with the county TDR ordinance and comprehensive plan. Because of the transfer of development rights involved in this proposal, it is very important that the RDUs,where they are coming from,where they are going to, and all related notification is completed and recorded properly. For this reason,staff suggests the following condition of approval,which comes straight from page 17 of the Town of Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan: County Zoning will become effective and the subdivision plat may be recorded only after evidence is provided to the Town and the Dane County Zoning Administrator that the required TDR Easement is recorded against the Sending Area. Also, before obtaining zoning and building permits for new development in the Receiving Area,the developer must provide all of the following to the Town and the Dane County Zoning Administrator: a. TDR Notice document on the affected Receiving Area lot. b. A letter from the Town of Cottage Grove Plan Commission indicating that the TDR transaction is consistent with transfer ratios,siting criteria,and all other applicable policies of the Town of Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan. c. A letter from the Dane County Department of Planning and Development, Planning Division indicating that the TDR transaction is consistent with the Dane County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. The applicant identified which of his RDUs will be used for this proposal. One will come from the original Dahl farm, and the other from the original Wood farm. As a condition of approval, a conservation easement document must be recorded on portions of the original farms in an amount commensurate to the number of RDUs being transferred. If/when the petition is approved by the town board,staff will provide a detailed recommendation regarding the required conservation easements to be recorded on the sending area farms. TOWN ACTION: As of June 23`d,we have not yet received a Town Action Report for this petition.