Town of Farmington

Land Use Committee (3^rd meeting)

June 30^, 2005

Action taken by the Land Use Committee is as follows:

1.     Agreed with approving a limit of 30 Final Platted or CSM lots annually.

2.     Agreed that lots in the Residential Zoning Category have a minimum lot size of 1 acre.

3.     Agreed that residential subdivisions be left in the AG zoning district, and that all new subdivisions be zoned either Residential (within a preferred growth boundary) or Country Estates in an Agricultural District.

4.     Agreed that if residential subdivisions are left in the AG district, some minor adjustments should be made to the AG district to limit types of uses and area requirements on a residential parcel.

5.     Farmland Encouragement District was dropped as a discussion item because it was eliminated as a zoning ordinance amendment by the Plan Commission on June 28, 2005.

6.     Agreed that the preferred growth area be expanded from the original 3 hamlets to include existing subdivision clusters, and that such areas around country plats within the preferred growth area should not include prime farmland.

7.     Agreed that St Michael does not have any residential growth within a preferred residential growth boundary.

8.     Agreed that Boltonville and Fillmore have a preferred growth area one-quarter section beyond existing development.

9.     Agreed to small commercial expansion areas near existing commercial land uses in St Michael’s, Boltonville and Fillmore, and commercial land use within a circle that includes all 4 corners of the intersection of CTH A and STH 144.

10. Agreed that industrial land uses should be limited to land around the existing industrial land uses on the north end of the town, on both sides of STH 144.

11. Agreed to put the North Branch Milwaukee River Wildlife and Farming Heritage Area on the Future Land Use Plan as an informational item. 

12. No support was shown to show any additional parkland or trails on the plan at this time.