Call to Order.
The regular meeting of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was
called to order at 7:05 p.m. The following were present: Chairman
Roger Fetterly, Doug Yelk, Dot Havens, John Quimby and Judy Stang.
Absent, excused: Kennan Crothers and Alan Meyer. Also present was
Claudia Quick, Town Clerk.
Public Notice. Notice of the meeting was mailed to Plan
Commission members and posted on the three Town bulletin boards on
December 15, 2009.
Approval of the Minutes. Minutes of the November 16th
and November 19th meetings were mailed to Plan Commission
members prior to the meeting. Hearing no objections the minutes were
approved as presented.
Public Comment. There were no members of the public wishing to
speak.
Public Hearing on Petition #10121 by Kim Douglas:
Applicant proposes to rezone 1.967 acres from LC-1 Light Commercial to
C-2 Commercial to allow automotive repair on a parcel which is
currently occupied by a snowplowing and lawn care business at 4791
Norton Drive, in Section 31, Town of Sun Prairie.
There was no one from the public wishing to speak.
Consider and take action on the Douglas petition.
Motion by Stang/Havens to recommend approval of the petition with
business uses limited to the following: a. Landscaping, snowplowing
and auto repair. b. The existing metal building. c. No retail or
automotive sales on the property. d. All landscaping and snowplowing
equipment shall be stored indoors. e. No more than 5 vehicles stored
outside. f. No outside storage of landscape material (topsoil, mulch,
gravel) or auto parts. g. Regular hours of operation 6:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m., unlimited for snowplowing. h. No exterior lit signage.
Motion carried (5-0-2).
Consider and take action on the Rademacher preliminary plan. Keith and Joan Rademacher
request approval of a preliminary plan to rezone 3.6 acres of a 54.4
acre farm from A-1 (Ex) Agricultural to RH-1 Rural Homes to separate
the farm homestead from the remainder of the farm to make it available
for sale at 1696 CTH T in Section 13, Town of Sun Prairie. Motion by
Yelk/Quimby to approve. Motion carried.
Consider and take action on the Hetzel preliminary plan. Cal and
Michele Hetzel request to rezone 3.8 acres of a 38.8 acre parcel from
A-1 (Ex) Agricultural to RH-1 Rural Homes to separate the home from
the farmland to make the farmland available for sale at 3251 Bailey
Road in Section 19, Town of Sun Prairie. Motion by Yelk/Stang to
approve as proposed. Motion carried.
Consider and take action on petition # 10119 by Dennis Midthun. Proposal by Dennis Midthun,
represented by Birrenkott Surveying, requests to rezone 6.642 acres
from RE-1 Recreational to C-2 Commercial to allow construction of a
combined warehouse, small contractor’s offices and sales/repair shops
for small businesses, and 7.0 acres from A-1 (Ex) Agricultural to A-4
Agricultural to comply with the Dane County Zoning Ordinance on the
remaining lands at 4100 CTH TT in Section 31, Town of Sun Prairie.
The Plan Commission reviewed a report
on the site visit to the property which identified the characteristics
of the property, including the boundaries, roads, driveway, ponds,
drainage ditches, drainage pump stations, culverts, berms and a mound
of hauled in fill. The inspection verified the following: a. There
is a large pond of standing water on the north side of CTH TT. b. Two
culverts, one on the east side of the property and one on the west,
allow drainage of runoff water from the north side of the road to the
south. c. A drainage pump station on the north side of the road
intended to drain into the western culvert is not operating and debris
is partially blocking the culvert. d. The elevation on the north side
of the road is significantly higher than the land on the south side of
the road and the natural flow of water is from north to south. e. The
parcel on the south side of the road is relatively flat and has 2
abandoned baseball fields. f. A drainage pump station on the west
side of the south parcel is intended to pump drainage from the area of
the ball field into headwaters of Door Creek. The pump has not been
operating recently. g. A large mound (approximately 15,000 square
feet and 8 feet high) of hauled in fill occupies a part of one of the
ball diamonds. h. A berm around the southeast side of the mound
contains run-off water from the mound.
Motion by Yelk/Quimby to recommend
approval of the petition with the following limits or conditions:
a.
Under Dane County Ordinance, 10.14 (C-2 Commercial District), (1) (a),
(b) and (f).
b.
Under Dane County Ordinance, 10.13 (C-1 Commercial District), (1) (c),
(j), (k) and (o).
c.
Regular hours of operation: 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. seven days a week.
d.
Elevation of the fill to be determined by the Town Board.
e.
Recording a 2 acre conservation easement under Town of Sun Prairie
Ordinance.
Motion carried with the understanding
that the approval be held in abeyance while the Plan Commission
initiates and completes the process of amending the Comprehensive Plan
to allow the proposed change to land use and rezoning.
The
Plan Commission reviewed the petition for direct annexation of land to
the Village of Cottage Grove and provided suggestions to the Town
Clerk to respond to a questionnaire from the Wisconsin Department of
Administration regarding the annexation.
Plan Commission discussed issues and boundary changes to be considered
in a governmental agreement with the City of Sun Prairie.
Set Next Regular Meeting Date. The next regular meeting date of
the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission is scheduled for January 18,
2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted for the record
Roger Fetterly, Chair
