Plan Commission

Minutes Village of East Troy Plan Commission & Architectural Review Board April 10, 2017 1. Call to order – President Timms called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm 2. Verification of open meeting notice - Administrator Suhm verified the meeting had been posted according to open meetings laws. 3. Roll call Present: President Timms (left after agenda item 6), Trustee Seager, Commissioners Edward Arendt, John Grudnowski, Linda Kaplan, Anna Mack, Kirk Nelson Others: Zoning Administrator Tim Schwecke and Administrator Suhm 4. Approve Plan Commission minutes of March 13, 2017 Motion by Trustee Seager, second by Commissioner Grudnowski to approve the minutes dated March 13, 2017. Motion carried. 5. Citizen participation Nick Boden, 2090 North Shore Drive, presented his Eagle Scout project for the pavilion at the archery range. Steve Harmeyer, 4203 Highway 20, spoke in favor of the archery range. He shared that archery is one of the safest sports - three times safer than golf. He stated no other sport can have a five-year-old and 70-year-old stand side by side and enjoy the sport. Houston Wydener, presented his Eagle Scout project for a split rail fence at the archery range for safety. 6. Site plan/plan of operation for an outdoor archery range located off of Energy Drive (Parcel RA137200002); Village of East Troy, applicant; Jason Equitz, DPW, agent (application 2017-05) A question was posed regarding the location being in the flood plain. The DNR has verbally explained that because there is no permanent structure and no one is living or working there, that they had no concerns about this use at this location. A. Possible decision by the Plan Commission Plan Commission Minutes April 10, 2017 Page 2 of 4 Note: This application was initially reviewed at the Plan Commission meeting on March 13, 2017, and was tabled to this meeting. Motion by President Timms, second by Commissioner Mack to approve the archery range site plan as submitted. Motion carried. President Timms then excused himself and left the meeting. Administrator Suhm asked for a motion to appoint a chairperson. Motion by Commissioner Kaplan, second by Commissioner Arendt to appoint Trustee Seager as the chairperson for the remainder of the meeting. Motion carried. 7. Condo plat for 3001 and 3003 Graydon Avenue; Millennium Dream Homes LLC (Jesse Dropik, agent) applicant (application 2017- 09) Jesse Dropik, Agent for Millennium Dream Homes, asked that the condo plats be approved. The plats consist of two units each and comply with Village guidelines for a condominium plat. Zoning Administrator Schwecke explained that although the condo declarations were not included the declarations will need to comply with state statute for condo plats and is a document that will be drawn up and recorded with the plat. Zoning Administrator Schwecke explained that the units, as constructed, are compliant buildings and doing a condo plat will allow each of the units to be sold individually. A. Possible recommendation by the Plan Commission to the Village Board Motion by Trustee Seager, second by Commission Grudnowski to recommend to the Village Board the approval of the condominium plat for Graydon Avenue East condominiums as proposed, subject to conditions listed below, 1-2. Motion carried. 8. Condo plat for 3005 and 3007 Graydon Avenue; Millennium Dream Homes LLC (Jesse Dropik, agent) applicant (application 2017-10) A. Possible recommendation by the Plan Commission to the Village Board Motion by Trustee Seager, second by Commissioner Kaplan to recommend to the Village Board the approval of the condominium plat for Graydon Avenue West condominiums as proposed, subject to conditions listed below, 1-2. Motion carried. 9. Amendments of the zoning code (Chapter 510 of the municipal code) with regard to free-standing murals and penalties (application 2017-08) A. Public hearing Trustee Seager opened the public hearing. Plan Commission Minutes April 10, 2017 Page 3 of 4 Zoning Administrator Schwecke reviewed the proposed amendment and history. Without this change free-standing murals would not be permitted. The ordinance changes allow for placement, a time frame of four months, address other development standards such as size, placement and number on property. This will be handled administratively by the Zoning Administrator. The penalties provision in the zoning code was due to a staff recommendation to conform with the rest of the code. Because this section is part of the floodplain regulations, the DNR has review authority and they stated we had to include a provision that the penalty cannot exceed $50 per occurrence. There were no additional comments. Trustee Seager closed the public hearing. B. Possible recommendation by the Plan Commission to the Village Board Motion by Commissioner Kaplan, second by Commissioner Mack to recommend to Village Board the approval of the proposed ordinance with the revision to Section 2 to address the DNR’s comments, and based on findings contained in the proposed ordinance Motion carried. 10. Discussion related to potential amendment of zoning code regarding telecommunication facilities and other revisions A. Possible action by the Plan Commission to direct staff to set a public hearing date for the potential amendment Zoning Administrator Schwecke explained that this change is required because of a change in state statutes limiting the extent to which the Village can regulate telecommunication towers. Trustee Seager confirmed that part of this statute is still in litigation, and asked if is this something we would need to address again in the future if it does change. Zoning Administrator Schwecke explained that any potential modification would be to give a little more authority to a municipality if the location were in a residential area and is unrelated to if the proposed location in the public right-of-way. Zoning Administrator Schwecke reviewed the amendments creating three different classes of facilities, colocation class 1, class 2 and a brand-new tower. Class 2 would be permitted by right with only administrative review. Class 1 and new towers would allow the municipality a small amount of authority however not to regulate brand new towers in terms of setbacks. There could be regulation in terms of fall zone – that is if tower were to fail will fall on the property but a fall zone is much smaller than the height of the tower because these types of towers would collapse rather that tip over. The steps would be similar those of a CU process. Plan Commission Minutes April 10, 2017 Page 4 of 4 Commissioner Nelson confirmed that the only real potential controversial thing is the location of a new tower. Zoning Administrator Schwecke clarified colocation can be put on any structure, such as a tall building, and if it is not modifying the building the Village does not have authority on the location. Motion by Trustee Seager, second by Commissioner Nelson to direct staff to set a Public Hearing date for the potential amendment. Motion carried. 11. Discussion related to potential beautification efforts (e.g. signage (welcome/Village of East Troy, directional, etc), landscaping and flowers in public areas and benches potentially sponsored by businesses) Discussion occurred on Village entrance signage and possible addition of banners. The Commission discussed the monument sign design is attractive but there are few options for placement. The south side of the Village on Hwy. 120 would be the best location available to the Village. If sign placement is on a County or State road those entities will need to be involved. Maps of the Village entrance ways were reviewed for possible locations. The Commission is working to define best possible locations and then to meet with vendors to view samples for possible signage. They decided they will review the entrances to the Village and come back to the May meeting prepared to discuss potential locations. A. Possible action by the Plan Commission The Commission will review the Village entrance ways and staff will contact the State for their guidance on signs that may be placed in the public right- of-way for consideration at the next meeting. 12. Discussion related to short-term rentals (no written report) Zoning Administrator Schwecke discussed Commissioner Arendt’s request for an update on this topic however, he had not received the information he wanted to present to the Commission and asked that this topic be postponed to the next meeting. 13. Recommendations for future agendas 14. Adjourn Motion by Commissioner Grudnowski, second by Trustee Seager to adjourn at 7:57 p.m. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Eileen Suhm, Administrator