Please sign this petition if you feel the proposed new land development off of Priory Road should remain zoned for 5 acre lots and also come to the rezoning meeting on April 20 at 5 pm at the Town of Washington Town Hall.
We are against a zoning change from 5 acre lots to a Rural Residential classification where 1 house could be on 1-2 acres.
The land west of Hwy F "has areas of bedrock within 5 feet of the surface of the ground, creating problems for building foundations, and especially for sitting septic. The implication is that extensive unsewered growth could cause problems for ground and surface water and contaminate shallow wells."(page 4-49 of The Land Use and Growth Management Assessment for Eau Claire).
The land west of Hwy F is out of the Sewer Service Agreement which means it will not be added to the City of Eau Claire's Public water and sewer in the future. We must be diligent in protecting our ground water in this area. Septic systems on larger tracks of land are always safer for the community. The City of Eau Claire is recommending mound septic for the north end of this property which will be a lot on a 1 acre piece of property. The City of Eau Claire does not know if they have had such a high density development on this type of bedrock before.
This land also has a noted slope of >20% per Map 8 of the Town of Washington Comprehensive Plan which does not agree with the term "potentially developable land" for a Rural Conservation development. It should remain zoned for 5 acre lots.
The water run-off from this property will impact neighbors all around it. This is very concerning for the residents of the Settler's Glen development. There are homeowners who already have water issues in their basement. Water run-off will only increase with increasing impervious surfaces such as roads, driveways, and walkways.
The traffic on Priory Road has increased a lot over the past couple of years. An additional 31 houses will cause more traffic and safety issues while walking our dogs and riding our bikes. At present, the TOW has no plans for improving Priory Road or adding a bike lane to it.
This proposed land development also goes against the Town of Washington's goals for Conservation Development (see 2.8.2 of the TOWCP). It is completely different from other developments in the area.
Updates
December 10, 2016
The Town of Washington planners are ignoring their own data about bedrock and septic failure just to push this project through. I am tired of watching them gamble with our well water while they pretend these risks do not exist.
December 10, 2016
The Town of Washington is finally feeling the heat because of this surge in support. They keep trying to push this dangerous rezoning past us but our momentum is making it impossible for them to ignore the environmental disaster they are planning.
Reached 100 supporters
December 10, 2016
69 Comments
Strongly oppose this rezoning! We just moved to the area in February and selected our home due to the rural feel yet close to town. The proposed development would ruin this ambiance of the area. Traffic concerns are a safety issue.
I urge you to seriously consider keeping the 5 acre parcels for all building sites. Eau Claire County is depleting land by changing to one acre parcels for building. We are pushing our wildlife out to the highways to be killed. Land owners are getting to greedy by selling smaller parcels of land. Let's keep it to five acre parcels.
We lived in Eau Claire for 20+ years. I attended a number of retreats & events at St. Bede's. Please do not allow developer's greed take over on Priory Road the way it has in so many other parts of town. The rural landscape has become a precious commodity & needs to be preserved.
I would like to see it stay 5 acres parcels. Sewer and well locations would be a problem on small lots, wells can not be put down slope of sewers.
This land is within a mile of the UWEC Priory campus which expanded 4 years ago. UWEC moved their daycare and a dorm to this space which has dramatically increased the area traffic, water and septic demand in this region. I honestly do not believe we can safely support 31 new houses and their cars in this hilly rural area.
Thank you for all that is being done I look forward to attending the open house.
I had my house built in 1973 the first house put up at the end of Sunset View Drv My well was drilled to 175 feet and there was plenty of water but by 2001 the water tapered off to nothing. After re-drilling another 60 feet I've had plenty of water up till now If you have one acre plots nearby the water level would be severely lowered The cone of depression would overlap all houses on this land tract as well as causing the water table to become depleted I don't want any houses built on this land-better to put it into a long tern conservation program
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Please sign this petition if you feel the proposed new land development off of Priory Road should remain zoned for 5 acre lots and also come to the rezoning meeting on April 20 at 5 pm at the Town of Washington Town Hall.
We are against a zoning change from 5 acre lots to a Rural Residential classification where 1 house could be on 1-2 acres.
The land west of Hwy F "has areas of bedrock within 5 feet of the surface of the ground, creating problems for building foundations, and especially for sitting septic. The implication is that extensive unsewered growth could cause problems for ground and surface water and contaminate shallow wells."(page 4-49 of The Land Use and Growth Management Assessment for Eau Claire).
The land west of Hwy F is out of the Sewer Service Agreement which means it will not be added to the City of Eau Claire's Public water and sewer in the future. We must be diligent in protecting our ground water in this area. Septic systems on larger tracks of land are always safer for the community. The City of Eau Claire is recommending mound septic for the north end of this property which will be a lot on a 1 acre piece of property. The City of Eau Claire does not know if they have had such a high density development on this type of bedrock before.
This land also has a noted slope of >20% per Map 8 of the Town of Washington Comprehensive Plan which does not agree with the term "potentially developable land" for a Rural Conservation development. It should remain zoned for 5 acre lots.
The water run-off from this property will impact neighbors all around it. This is very concerning for the residents of the Settler's Glen development. There are homeowners who already have water issues in their basement. Water run-off will only increase with increasing impervious surfaces such as roads, driveways, and walkways.
The traffic on Priory Road has increased a lot over the past couple of years. An additional 31 houses will cause more traffic and safety issues while walking our dogs and riding our bikes. At present, the TOW has no plans for improving Priory Road or adding a bike lane to it.
This proposed land development also goes against the Town of Washington's goals for Conservation Development (see 2.8.2 of the TOWCP). It is completely different from other developments in the area.
Updates
December 10, 2016
The Town of Washington planners are ignoring their own data about bedrock and septic failure just to push this project through. I am tired of watching them gamble with our well water while they pretend these risks do not exist.
December 10, 2016
The Town of Washington is finally feeling the heat because of this surge in support. They keep trying to push this dangerous rezoning past us but our momentum is making it impossible for them to ignore the environmental disaster they are planning.
Reached 100 supporters
December 10, 2016
69 Comments
Abby Road is a very circuitous and hilly lane. Having an outlet in the middle of a blind curve on a street which has a steep rise to Priory Road would create one of the most dangerous intersections in Eau Claire County.
Strongly oppose this rezoning! We just moved to the area in February and selected our home due to the rural feel yet close to town. The proposed development would ruin this ambiance of the area. Traffic concerns are a safety issue.
I urge you to seriously consider keeping the 5 acre parcels for all building sites. Eau Claire County is depleting land by changing to one acre parcels for building. We are pushing our wildlife out to the highways to be killed. Land owners are getting to greedy by selling smaller parcels of land. Let's keep it to five acre parcels.
We lived in Eau Claire for 20+ years. I attended a number of retreats & events at St. Bede's. Please do not allow developer's greed take over on Priory Road the way it has in so many other parts of town. The rural landscape has become a precious commodity & needs to be preserved.
I would like to see it stay 5 acres parcels. Sewer and well locations would be a problem on small lots, wells can not be put down slope of sewers.
This land is within a mile of the UWEC Priory campus which expanded 4 years ago. UWEC moved their daycare and a dorm to this space which has dramatically increased the area traffic, water and septic demand in this region. I honestly do not believe we can safely support 31 new houses and their cars in this hilly rural area.
Thank you for all that is being done I look forward to attending the open house.
I had my house built in 1973 the first house put up at the end of Sunset View Drv My well was drilled to 175 feet and there was plenty of water but by 2001 the water tapered off to nothing. After re-drilling another 60 feet I've had plenty of water up till now If you have one acre plots nearby the water level would be severely lowered The cone of depression would overlap all houses on this land tract as well as causing the water table to become depleted I don't want any houses built on this land-better to put it into a long tern conservation program
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Abby Road is a very circuitous and hilly lane. Having an outlet in the middle of a blind curve on a street which has a steep rise to Priory Road would create one of the most dangerous intersections in Eau Claire County.