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TOWN OF SPRINGDALE 2379 Town Hall Road Mt. Horeb, WI 53572-2454 Telephone: 437-6230 Fax: 437-6231 townofspringdale @mhtc.net Feb. 8,2017 Mr.Roger Lane Dane County Zoning Administrator Dane County Zoning Office City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King,Jr. Blvd.,Room 116 Re: Town of Springdale—Revocation of Conditional Use Permit#2092(CUP)—Jon Steinhauer Dear Mr. Lane: On behalf of the Town of Springdale, I respectfully submit this letter asking the Zoning and Land Regulation Committee to uphold the Town's recommendation to the ZLR to revoke the CUP for Jon Steinhauer. In making its decision,the Town Board complied with applicable legal and Dane County Ordinance requirements. This is evidenced by the enclosed copy of the minutes of the Town Board's Jan. 16,2017 meeting. The Town Board moved to revoke the CUP based on the following: During the years Jon Steinhauer has been operating an automotive repair business out of his residential accessory building on a cul-de-sac of eleven residential homes he has violated the following standards. 1.A C-2 zoning business has been conducted on land zoned A-1, inconsistent with the Town of Springdale Land Use Plan. The Steinhauer residential lot is zoned A-1 Agriculture District.An automotive repair business is a permitted use in C-2 Commercial District.The Town of Springdale Land Use Plan(Plan)does not support C-2 zoning on Sand Ridge Ct. The guidelines of the Plan are designed to promote rural non-residential uses primarily related to agriculture that do not impact negatively on the rural character of the town. This business is not agriculture related and does not promote the rural character of the town. 2.The purpose and intent of the limited family business CUP have been violated. When Jon applied for the CUP in 2008, he stated his intent was to repair vehicles for family and close friends after coming home from his full-time job. The purpose and intent of the CUP for a limited family business is to accommodate small family businesses.The hobby-like business has grown to be his full-time business. The vehicles that are repaired are not restricted to only the vehicles for family and close friends as Jon asserted in his application, but rather,area businesses also bring vehicles to him to repair. It is inherent in a limited family business CUP that rezoning or relocation of the business may be necessary if the business is expanded. 3. The specific conditions of CUP#2092 have been violated. Dane County Zoning inspections, several aerial photos of the property and the written complaint by a property owner on Sand Ridge Ct.(copy enclosed)verify that the property has been in violation for miscellaneous junk, machinery and equipment stored outside,unlicensed and inoperable vehicles and the number of vehicles parked outside over the years. 4. The use of the residential accessory building for a commercial business violates the Town of Springdale Residential Building Ordinance. The accessory building on Jon's residential lot as used for his automotive repair and service business is considered"commercial"by most state building standards. Its use meets the definition of"Commercial accessory building"in the Town of Springdale Residential Accessory Building Ordinance-"An accessory building used for business or commercial purposes,and not used for residential purposes..."The accessory building does not meet the