Dunn County board approves conditional use to allow up to 1.5 acres for Rue family home in primary agricultural zone

Dunn County approved a conditional use permit on a vote of the Board of Adjustment to allow Mark and Jareta Rue to designate up to 1.5 acres for non-farm residential use within a primary agricultural district parcel.

The approval, made during the board's June meeting, allows the Rues to site a home and associated residential uses on the six-acre parcel they purchased, subject to conditions that include submission of a map of survey, recording a zoning affidavit with the Register of Deeds, and a two-year deadline to record the decision document.

The issue arose after staff said the 6-acre parcel at N 13418660 Fifth Street in Ridgeland is part of a larger base farm tract subject to Wisconsin farmland preservation rules. Tammy, zoning staff, told the board the parcel is zoned Primary Agricultural and that under state farmland-preservation rules and Dunn County’s farmland preservation plan, non-farm residential uses require a conditional use designation. "The parcel is 6 acres in size and is currently zoned primary ag agriculture," Tammy said, summarizing the staff report. She said the base farm tract…