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f'F'. • .:10.255(1)---7.10.255(2) : :• (b) It shall be the duty of the zoning committee uses and are uses entirely private in character, but to supervise the administration of the zoning of such an unusual nature that their operation may ordinance, to hold hearings on proposed give rise to unique problems with respect to their amendments to this ordinance and to make impact upon neighboring property or public. recommendations thereon to the county board, to facilities. The following provisions are then approve plats for recording in accordance with the established to regulate those conditional uses provisions of section 236(10)(b) of the Statutes; and which require special consideration. to perform such other duties in connection with (b) Authority. The zoning committee, after a zoning as may be delegated to it by the county public hearing, shall, within a reasonable time, board. grant or deny any application for conditional use. (c) Effect of denial of a petition to change the Prior to granting or denying a conditional use, the zoning district boundaries. No petition for a committee shall make findings of fact based on change in the zoning district boundaries which has evidence presented, and issue a determination been denied by the Dane County Board of whether the prescribed standards are met. No Supervisors shall be resubmitted for a period of permit shall be granted when the committee one year from the date of said denial, except on determines that the standards are not met, nor shall the grounds of new evidence or proof of change of a permit be denied when the committee conditions found to be valid by the zoning determines that the standards are met. committee. (c) The town board of the town wherein a (d) The zoning committee shall use plans and conditional use is proposed to be located shall be maps developed by individual towns and approved given notice and opportunity to participate in the by the county board as criteria for zoning conditional use process. The town board may recommendations to the county board. review the conditional use permit application and (e) In considering land use issues for areas thereafter may make a finding of consistency or adjacent to local municipalities, notice shall be inconsistency with the town land use plan, if any, sent by certified mail to the affected municipality as well as suggested conditions for any permit or municipalities. The notice shall include the which it may recommend granting. If its members location, description of use, requested zoning or so desire, the town board may transmit its findings permit and the date, time and place of the county and recommendations to the committee. Findings public hearing. The notice shall state that it shall and recommendations should be stated in terms of be incumbent upon the affected municipality to the standards set forth in s. 10.255(2)(h), as well as inform the county zoning agency of any concerns, relevant policies contained in the town land use potential problems or questions relative to the plan. The recommendations and findings of the impact of the proposed use on* a wellhead town will be advisory to the committee. protection area. (d) Initiation of conditional use. Any person, (2) Conditional uses. (a) Statement of firm, corporation or organization having a freehold purposes. The development and execution of this interest, a possessory interest entitled to exclusive ordinance is based upon the division of the county possession, a contractual interest which may be a into districts, within which districts the use of land freehold interest, or an exclusive possessory and buildings, and bulk and location of buildings interest which is specifically enforceable in the and structures in relation to the land are mutually land for which a conditional use is sought, may file compatible and substantially uniform. However, an application to use such land for one or more of there are certain uses which, because of their the conditional uses provided for in this ordinance unique characteristics, cannot be properly provided that the conditional use is one which is classified as unrestricted permitted uses in any permitted by the zoning ordinance in the zoning particular district or districts, without district where the parcel is located. • consideration, in each case, of the impact of those (e) Application for conditional. use. An uses upon neighboring land or public facilities, and application for a conditional use shall be filed with of the public need for the particular use at a the zoning administrator on a form prescribed by . particular location. Such uses, nevertheless, may the zoning administrator. The application shall be be necessary or desirable to be allowed in a accompanied by such plans and other information particular district provided that due consideration as may be prescribed by the zoning administrator is given to location, development and operation of or the zoning committee, and shall include a such uses. Such uses are classified as conditional statement in writing by the applicant and adequate Page 10-39 • rev. 013197