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Zoning and Land Regulation Committee approves rezoning, two conditional use permits and sets budget hearing dates
Summary
At its Oct. 12 meeting the Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee approved a rezoning petition and two conditional use permits (including a solar array CUP and a short-term-rental-related CUP with conditions), approved prior meeting minutes, and selected Oct. 10 and Oct. 17 for budget hearings.
The Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee approved several items on Oct. 12, including a rezoning petition, two conditional use permits and the minutes of a prior meeting, and set dates for the committee’s budget hearings.
Minutes: The committee voted to approve minutes of the July 22, 2025 ZLR Committee meeting. A motion to approve was made and the motion passed unanimously.
Rezoning — Petition 12185 (Detman Vineyards LLC, Town of Cross Plains): Staff reported that the Town of Cross Plains has approved the petition with no conditions and that county highway access concerns were resolved; staff recommended approval subject to recording a certified survey map (CSM). The committee moved to approve the rezoning subject to recording of the CSM; the motion carried.
UP2665 — Robert M. Brunner Revocable Trust (Town of Cross Plains): This conditional use permit, previously postponed, was recommended for approval by staff with 16 conditions after the town recommended approval with four conditions. Conditions discussed include bonding roadways during construction, decommissioning plans, vegetative screening and pollinator-friendly ground cover beneath solar arrays to minimize noxious weeds. A motion to approve the CUP with 16 conditions passed.
CUP2669 — Kimberly and Jared Bruch Meck (Town of Dunn): This conditional use permit, previously postponed because of neighborhood concerns about rentals, was recommended for approval by staff and the Town of Dunn with a list of conditions. The town recommended 14 conditions and the staff package referenced 26 conditions overall; conditions cited in the record include a seven-day minimum stay requirement for rentals and a 24-hour contact phone number to be provided to neighboring properties within 300 feet. The committee approved the CUP with the conditions as recommended.
Budget hearings and schedule: The committee selected two dates for its required budget-review meetings and asked staff to forward those dates to the County Board office. The committee recorded Oct. 10 and Oct. 17, 2025, both at 5:30 p.m., as the chosen budget hearing dates.
Adjournment: With no further business the committee moved to adjourn and the meeting ended.
Ending: All recorded motions on Oct. 12 carried, with committee members voting in the affirmative; no opposed votes were recorded in the meeting transcript.
