PLAN COMMISSION
Regular MeetingMadison, WI · August 8, 2022
Minutes
City of Madison
City of Madison Madison, WI 53703
www.cityofmadison.com
Meeting Minutes - Approved
PLAN COMMISSION
Consider: Who benefits? Who is burdened?
Who does not have a voice at the table?
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?
This meeting may be viewed LIVE on Charter Spectrum Channel 994, AT&T U-Verse Channel
99 or at www.madisoncitychannel.tv.
Monday, August 8, 2022 5:30 PM **Virtual Meeting**
Some or all of the members of the Plan Commission, applicants, or members of the
public, may participate in the meeting remotely by teleconference or videoconference.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m.
Present: 10 - Jael Currie; Patrick W. Heck; Erik Paulson; Ledell Zellers; Kathleen L.
Spencer; Maurice C. Sheppard; Anthony S. Fernandez; Nicole A. Solheim;
Bradley A. Cantrell and Arnold (Gabe) Mendez
Zellers was chair for this meeting.
Alders Present: Ald. Figueroa Cole, Dist. 10; Ald. Bill Tishler, Dist. 11; Ald. Syed Abbas, Dist. 12.; Ald.
Tag Evers, Dist. 13
Staff Present: Heather Stouder, Ben Zellers, and Tim Parks, Planning Division; Katie Bannon and Trent
Schultz, Zoning Office, Building Inspection Division
PUBLIC COMMENT
1. 60306 Plan Commission Public Comment Period
There were no registrants for public comment.
COMMUNICATIONS, DISCLOSURES AND RECUSALS
There were no communication, disclosures or recusals by members.
MINUTES OF THE JULY 25, 2022 MEETING
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Solheim, to Approve the Minutes.
The motion passed by voice vote/other.
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
Regular Meetings:
- Monday, August 29 and September 19, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.
Special Meeting:
- Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
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PLAN COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - Approved August 8, 2022
AGENDA NOTE:
Note: Hearing items may be called at any time after the beginning of the meeting. Those
wishing to speak on an item must register with the Secretary. The Plan Commission uses a
consent agenda, which means that the Commission can consider any item where there are
no registrants wishing to speak in opposition regardless of its placement on the agenda.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
2. 72885 Determining a Public Purpose and Necessity and adopting Transportation
Project Plat Numbers 12777-2-4.05 Amendment 1 and 12777-2-4.10
Amendment 1 for East-West Bus Rapid Transit (3rd and 12th AD's)
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Return to Lead with
the Recommendation for Approval to the BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. The
motion passed by voice vote/other.
NEW BUSINESS
3. 72440 Directing City Staff to Provide Public Notification Related to Property
Development Proposals, Alcohol Licenses, and Other City Business
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Return to Lead with
the Recommendation for Approval to the ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW
COMMITTEE. The motion passed by voice vote/other.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Conditional Uses
4. 70928 5158 Spring Court; 19th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use to
construct an accessory building on a lakefront parcel
On a motion by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, the Plan Commission found the standards met and
approved the conditional use request subject to the comments and conditions contained in the Plan
Commission materials. The motion passed by voice vote/ other.
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Approve. The
motion passed by voice vote/other.
5. 71648 402 Rustic Drive; 3rd Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a community living
arrangement with 9-15 residents.
On a motion by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, the Plan Commission referred this request to a future
meeting (no date specified) at the request of the applicant. The motion passed by voice vote/other.
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Refer to the PLAN
COMMISSION. The motion passed by voice vote/other.
Note: Due to technical issues with the Legislative Information Center system, the August 8
meeting was adjourned before the public hearing for Item 6 was formally opened, and no
action was taken by the Plan Commission on the item. In order the item to be considered on
a future agenda, new public hearing notices will be provided per MGO Section 28.181.
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6. 72210 1801-1841 Northport Drive; 12th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use
in the Commercial Corridor-Transitional (CC-T) District for a vehicle access
sales and service window, and consideration of a conditional use to allow
construction of a new building in a planned multi-use site containing more
than 40,000 square feet of floor area and where 25,000 square feet of floor
area is designed or intended for retail use or for hotel or motel use, all to allow
construction of a one-story coffee shop with vehicle access sales and service
window
7. 72362 25 S Livingston Street; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Traditional Employment (TE) District for an outdoor eating area for a theater/
concert hall.
On a motion by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, the Plan Commission found the standards met and
approved the conditional use request subject to the comments and conditions contained in the Plan
Commission materials. The motion passed by voice vote/ other.
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Approve. The
motion passed by voice vote/other.
8. 72363 4100 Nakoma Road; 10th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Traditional Residential-Consistent 1 (TR-C1) District for a school, public or
private, to be located in an existing place of worship.
On a motion by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, the Plan Commission found the standards met and
approved the conditional use request subject to the comments and conditions contained in the Plan
Commission materials. The motion passed by voice vote/ other.
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Sheppard, to Approve. The
motion passed by voice vote/other.
Zoning Map Amendments & Related Requests
Note: Due to technical issues with the Legislative Information Center system, the August 8
meeting was adjourned before the public hearing for Items 9-11 was formally opened, and no
action was taken by the Plan Commission on these items. In order these items to be
considered on a future agenda, new public hearing notices will be provided per MGO Section
28.181.
9. 72439 Creating Section 28-022-00568 of the Madison General Ordinances to rezone
property located at 102 S Sprecher Road, 3rd Aldermanic District, from
Temporary A (Agricultural District) District to TR-U1 (Traditional
Residential-Urban 1) District.
10. 72211 102 S Sprecher Road; 3rd Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
[Proposed] Traditional Residential-Urban 1 (TR-U1) District for a multi-family
dwelling with greater than 60 units to allow construction of a four-story,
160-unit apartment building
11. 72215 Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by RWW 4605 Sprecher
Road, LLC located at 102 S Sprecher Road; 3rd Ald. Dist.
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SPECIAL ITEM OF BUSINESS
12. 70576 Update and Discussion: Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Zoning
The Plan Commission received an informational presentation and held an informal discussion on
additional changes to the forthcoming Transit-Oriented Development zoning overlay district.
This Discussion Item was Discussed and Continued
BUSINESS BY MEMBERS
There was no business by members
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Recent Common Council Actions:
- 402 W Wilson Street - Amended PD(GDP-SIP) for partial demolition of office building, and renovation of
remaining building and construction of an addition to create a four-story, 54-unit apartment building -
Adopted subject to Plan Commission recommendation on August 2, 2022
- Authorizing the Planning Division’s shift to a Planning Framework with 13 higher level Area Plans -
Adopted substitute on August 2, 2022 with 12 planning areas
- Upcoming Matters, August 29, 2022:
- Plan Commission Discussion Regarding Meeting Format through December 2022
- Zoning of Town of Madison properties attaching to the City of Madison on October 30, 2022
- (Tentative) Zoning Text Amendment - Repealing MGO Section 28.105, Neighborhood Conservation
Overlay Districts
- Zoning Text Amendment - Amending portions of Chapter 28 to change “Subchapter 28J” to “Section
28.151”
- 575 Zor Shrine Place - SE to TR-U2 and Conditional Use - Construct five-story 105-unit apartment
building in residential building complex
- 4000-4150 Packers Avenue & 4201 N Sherman Avenue - Temp. A to TR-C3, TR-V2, TR-U1, CN and
CC-T and Preliminary Plat - Raemisch Farm Development, creating 76 single-family lots, two lots for
future mixed-use development, six lots for future multi-family development, one outlot for public
stormwater management and wetland protection, one outlot for public parkland, one outlot for private
open space, and one outlot for urban agriculture
- 3706 Nakoma Road - Certified Survey Map Referral - Reconfigure two residential lots
- 3393 Burke Road - Extraterritorial Certified Survey Map - Create two lots in the Town of Burke
- 4730 Femrite Drive and 2730 Daniels Street - Conditional Use - Construct surface automobile parking
lot with 36 stalls
- 4649 Verona Road - Demolition Permit, Conditional Use, and Certified Survey Map Referral - Demolish
commercial building to construct a four-story, 70-unit apartment building on one lot
- 1305-1323 Williamson Street and 409 S Baldwin Street - Demolition Permit, Conditional Use, and
Certified Survey Map Referral - Demolish three commercial buildings, renovate remaining buildings, and
construct an addition to create a one- to two-story mixed-use building with approximately 26,100 sq. ft.
of commercial space and 3,000 sq. ft. of office space on one lot.
- Upcoming Matters, September 19, 2022
- 1701 Wright Street - Demolition Permit and Conditional Use - Renovate and construct addition(s) to
Madison College Administration building.
- 7035-7145 Littlemore Drive - CN to PR and Conditional Use - Construct park shelter (community center)
in Door Creek Park
- 7440 Mineral Point Road - Demolition Permit and Conditional Use - Demolish commercial building to
construct multi-tenant commercial building with two vehicle access sales and service windows
- 3841 E Washington Avenue and 3909 & 3913 Lien Road - Conditional Use - Convert 197-room hotel
into residential building with 190 apartments
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- 2121-2157 Waterfall Way - Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of Village at Autumn Lake Replat No. 6,
replatting 10 single-family lots into 12 single-family lots
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Cantrell, seconded by Solheim, to Adjourn at 7:30 p.m.
The motion passed by voice vote/other.
REGISTRATIONS
A final, complete list of persons registered for items on the Plan Commission agenda will be attached to
the below-listed file following adjournment of the meeting. The final list of registrations for a particular
meeting will include the meeting date in the title of the file. Registrants will no longer be entered on the
minutes after each item. An agenda item with no registrants will not appear on the table of registrants
attached for that meeting; however, that item will still have been considered as noted in the proceedings
for that meeting.
69103 Registrants for 2022 Plan Commission Meetings
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Agenda
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City of Madison Madison, WI 53703
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Agenda - Approved
PLAN COMMISSION
Consider: Who benefits? Who is burdened?
Who does not have a voice at the table?
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?
This meeting may be viewed LIVE on Charter Spectrum Channel 994, AT&T U-Verse Channel
99 or at www.madisoncitychannel.tv.
Monday, August 8, 2022 5:30 PM **Virtual Meeting**
Some or all of the members of the Plan Commission, applicants, or members of the
public, may participate in the meeting remotely by teleconference or videoconference.
The City of Madison is holding this Plan Commission meeting virtually to help protect
our community during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Important information regarding how to listen to or watch and participate in this meeting:
1. WRITTEN COMMENTS: You can send comments on agenda items to
pccomments@cityofmadison.com. Comments received after 3:00 p.m. on the day of the
meeting may not be added to the public record until after the meeting.
2. REGISTER BUT DO NOT SPEAK: You can register your support, opposition, or
neither support or opposition to an agenda item without speaking at
https://www.cityofmadison.com/MeetingRegistration.
3. REGISTER TO SPEAK or TO ANSWER QUESTIONS: If you wish to speak to an
agenda item at the virtual meeting in support, opposition, or neither support or opposition,
you MUST register.
You can register at https://www.cityofmadison.com/MeetingRegistration. When you
register to speak OR answer questions, you will be prompted to provide contact
information so that you can be sent an email with the information you will need to join the
virtual meeting.
4. WATCH THE MEETING: You can listen to or watch the Plan Commission meeting in
several ways:
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CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT
1. 60306 Plan Commission Public Comment Period
COMMUNICATIONS, DISCLOSURES AND RECUSALS
Members of the body should make any required disclosures or recusals under the City's
Ethics Code.
MINUTES OF THE JULY 25, 2022 MEETING
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SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
Regular Meetings:
- Monday, August 29 and September 19, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.
Special Meeting:
- Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
AGENDA NOTE:
Note: Hearing items may be called at any time after the beginning of the meeting. Those
wishing to speak on an item must register with the Secretary. The Plan Commission uses a
consent agenda, which means that the Commission can consider any item where there are
no registrants wishing to speak in opposition regardless of its placement on the agenda.
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ROUTINE BUSINESS
The following items listed in this section of the agenda are referred to the Plan
Commission pursuant to Section 62.23 of Wisconsin Statutes and Section 16.01 of
Madison General Ordinances, which generally require that:
• The Common Council shall refer any question concerning the location and architectural
design of any public building; the location of any statue or other memorial; the location,
extension, widening, enlargement, ornamentation, and parking of any street, parkway,
boulevard, park, playground, or other memorial or public grounds within the City to the
Plan Commission for its consideration and report before final action is taken thereon by
the Council.
• The Common Council shall refer any question concerning the location of any public
building and the location, extension or widening of any street, park or other public
grounds within the City to the Plan Commission for its consideration and report regarding
consistency with the City’s comprehensive plan before final action is taken.
• The City, acting through the Plan Commission or otherwise, may acquire by gift,
purchase or condemnation any lands within or without its corporate limits for
establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending and maintaining memorial
grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, sites for public
buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all of the same
and after the establishment, layout and completion of such improvements, may convey
any such real estate thus acquired and not necessary for such improvements, with
reservations concerning the future use and occupation of such real estate, so as to
protect such public works and improvements and their environs, and to preserve the view,
appearance, light, air and usefulness of such public works, and to promote the public
health and welfare.
2. 72885 Determining a Public Purpose and Necessity and adopting Transportation
Project Plat Numbers 12777-2-4.05 Amendment 1 and 12777-2-4.10
Amendment 1 for East-West Bus Rapid Transit (3rd and 12th AD's)
NEW BUSINESS
3. 72440 Directing City Staff to Provide Public Notification Related to Property
Development Proposals, Alcohol Licenses, and Other City Business
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Conditional Uses
4. 70928 5158 Spring Court; 19th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use to
construct an accessory building on a lakefront parcel
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Note: Item 5 should be referred to a future meeting (no date specified) at the request of the
applicant
5. 71648 402 Rustic Drive; 3rd Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Suburban Residential-Consistent 1 (SR-C1) District for a community living
arrangement with 9-15 residents.
6. 72210 1801-1841 Northport Drive; 12th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in
the Commercial Corridor-Transitional (CC-T) District for a vehicle access sales
and service window, and consideration of a conditional use to allow
construction of a new building in a planned multi-use site containing more than
40,000 square feet of floor area and where 25,000 square feet of floor area is
designed or intended for retail use or for hotel or motel use, all to allow
construction of a one-story coffee shop with vehicle access sales and service
window
7. 72362 25 S Livingston Street; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Traditional Employment (TE) District for an outdoor eating area for a theater/
concert hall.
8. 72363 4100 Nakoma Road; 10th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
Traditional Residential-Consistent 1 (TR-C1) District for a school, public or
private, to be located in an existing place of worship.
Zoning Map Amendments & Related Requests
Note: Items 9-11 are related and will be considered as one public hearing. Following the
public hearing, the Plan Commission shall make separate findings and motions on each
agenda item.
9. 72439 Creating Section 28-022-00568 of the Madison General Ordinances to rezone
property located at 102 S Sprecher Road, 3rd Aldermanic District, from
Temporary A (Agricultural District) District to TR-U1 (Traditional
Residential-Urban 1) District.
10. 72211 102 S Sprecher Road; 3rd Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a conditional use in the
[Proposed] Traditional Residential-Urban 1 (TR-U1) District for a multi-family
dwelling with greater than 60 units to allow construction of a four-story, 160-unit
apartment building
11. 72215 Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by RWW 4605 Sprecher
Road, LLC located at 102 S Sprecher Road; 3rd Ald. Dist.
SPECIAL ITEM OF BUSINESS
12. 70576 Update and Discussion: Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Zoning
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BUSINESS BY MEMBERS
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Recent Common Council Actions:
- 402 W Wilson Street - Amended PD(GDP-SIP) for partial demolition of office building,
and renovation of remaining building and construction of an addition to create a four-story,
54-unit apartment building - Adopted subject to Plan Commission recommendation on
August 2, 2022
- Authorizing the Planning Division’s shift to a Planning Framework with 13 higher level
Area Plans - Adopted substitute on August 2, 2022 with 12 planning areas
- Upcoming Matters, August 29, 2022:
- Zoning of Town of Madison properties attaching to the City of Madison on October 30,
2022
- (Tentative) Zoning Text Amendment - Repealing MGO Section 28.105, Neighborhood
Conservation Overlay Districts
- Zoning Text Amendment - Amending portions of Chapter 28 to change “Subchapter 28J”
to “Section 28.151”
- 575 Zor Shrine Place - SE to TR-U2 and Conditional Use - Construct five-story 105-unit
apartment building in residential building complex
- 4000-4150 Packers Avenue & 4201 N Sherman Avenue - Temp. A to TR-C3, TR-V2,
TR-U1, CN and CC-T and Preliminary Plat - Raemisch Farm Development, creating 76
single-family lots, two lots for future mixed-use development, six lots for future
multi-family development, one outlot for public stormwater management and wetland
protection, one outlot for public parkland, one outlot for private open space, and one
outlot for urban agriculture
- 3706 Nakoma Road - Certified Survey Map Referral - Reconfigure two residential lots
- 3393 Burke Road - Extraterritorial Certified Survey Map - Create two lots in the Town of
Burke
- 4730 Femrite Drive and 2730 Daniels Street - Conditional Use - Construct surface
automobile parking lot with 36 stalls
- 4649 Verona Road - Demolition Permit, Conditional Use, and Certified Survey Map
Referral - Demolish commercial building to construct a four-story, 70-unit apartment
building on one lot
- 1305-1323 Williamson Street and 409 S Baldwin Street - Demolition Permit, Conditional
Use, and Certified Survey Map Referral - Demolish three commercial buildings, renovate
remaining buildings, and construct an addition to create a one- to two-story mixed-use
building with approximately 26,100 sq. ft. of commercial space and 3,000 sq. ft. of office
space on one lot.
- Upcoming Matters, September 19, 2022
- Plan Commission Discussion Regarding Meeting Format through December 2022
- 1701 Wright Street - Demolition Permit and Conditional Use - Renovate and construct
addition(s) to Madison College Administration building.
- 7035-7145 Littlemore Drive - CN to PR and Conditional Use - Construct park shelter
(community center) in Door Creek Park
- 7440 Mineral Point Road - Demolition Permit and Conditional Use - Demolish
commercial building to construct multi-tenant commercial building with two vehicle
access sales and service windows
- 3841 E Washington Avenue and 3909 & 3913 Lien Road - Conditional Use - Convert
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197-room hotel into residential building with 190 apartments
- 2121-2157 Waterfall Way - Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of Village at Autumn Lake
Replat No. 6, replatting 10 single-family lots into 12 single-family lots
The Plan Commission may preview these projects online at
https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/current-projects/1599/.
Projects are generally grouped by Plan Commission date. The information on the Current
Projects pages may be different than the information in the Plan Commission materials
for the meeting when a particular item will be considered.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
REGISTRATIONS
Following adjournment of the meeting, a final, complete list of persons registered for
items on the agenda will be attached to File ID 69103, Registrants for 2022 Plan
Commission Meetings.
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