Fitchburg, WI Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 10-20-26e

The Fitchburg Economic and Revenue Affairs Committee meeting was held October 20, 2026. The committee considered a minor comprehensive plan amendment for an existing parcel off Orchard Road to change its future land use from agricultural/open space to rural residential, enabling a possible single-family home. After discussion of driveway access, drainage, erosion, and tree impacts, the committee approved the proposal with recommendations for an erosion-control plan and a tree-preservation plan. Any subsequent rezoning would return to the committee. The committee also approved Certified Survey Map 2673-26 for a three-lot division of an approximately 109-acre agricultural property, including one proposed rural-residential home site; staff had recommended conditions for the map and a related rezoning, but the transcript does not clearly establish a separate committee vote on the rezoning.

The committee approved Conditional Use Permit CU2678-26, with six conditions, for a caretaker’s residence associated with a horse facility on an approximately eight-acre A-S-zoned property; the permit does not authorize horse boarding or additional dwelling units. The meeting also included updates about comprehensive-plan focus groups and an upcoming public open house. No procurement, contract awards, vendor selections, or spending decisions were identified.