Conditional Use Permit

A conditional use permit (CUP) is an approval by the Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee for certain specific uses listed in the Dane County Zoning Ordinance. Within each zoning district there are uses that are permitted by right, and other uses allowed only under certain conditions. A CUP is needed for any use identified in the zoning ordinance as a conditional use.

After consulting with the Town Clerk or other Town officials, you may apply for a conditional use permit with Dane County. Requests for conditional use permits are reviewed by your Town Board, which forwards a recommendation to the County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee. That Committee, after holding a public hearing, determines whether to grant the conditional use permit.

Your proposal must comply with each of six standards in the zoning ordinance for a conditional use permit to be granted, summarized as follows:

1. That the conditional use will not endanger the public health, safety, and welfare.
2. That uses, values, and enjoyment of other properties in the neighborhood will not be substantially impaired by the conditional use.
3. That the conditional use will not impede orderly development of the surrounding property
4. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage, and other necessary site improvements will be provided.
5. That adequate measures are being taken to provide ingress and egress to minimize traffic congestion.
6. That the conditional use shall comply with all other applicable regulations.

Additional standards apply in the A-1 Exclusive Agriculture District. Consistency with the recommendations of the Town Land Use Plan and County Farmland Preservation Plan will also be important in the review of your conditional use permit request. Specific conditions may be required with approval of any conditional use permit.

Expect a minimum of three months between the time you file an application for a conditional use permit and the time final action on your request is taken.

Documents

All documents are in Adobe Acrobat format unless otherwise specified.

• Information Required For Filing An Application For A Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
   

Revised: April 24, 2006