Plan Commission

1 VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY 2 HYBRID PLAN COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 3 TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025 4 APPROVED 5 6 1. Call to Order & Roll Call 7 Chair Bhirdo called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and took roll call. 8 9 Present: Plan Commission Chair Denise Bhirdo, and Commission members Steve Bacsi, Nate Bell, 10 Patrice Champeau, Laurel Harff, Skip Heidler, Ron Kane 11 12 Staff Member(s): Village Administrator Julie Schmelzer 13 14 Others: Only four people signed the attendance sheet - Kurt Harff; Kim Erzinger; Ken Church; Rick 15 Dahlstrom. Also present, however, were Karl Fauerbach (virtually), Bjorn Johnson and his client, Marc 16 Savard. 17 18 2. Approval of Agenda 19 Motion by Kane, second by Harff, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 20 21 3. Approval of May 27, 2025, Meeting Minutes 22 Heidler noted a typo on page 4, line 17. Motion by Heidler, second by Champeau, to approve the 23 minutes as amended. Motion carried unanimously. 24 25 4. Comments, Correspondence and concerns from the Public 26 In addition to the correspondence in the meeting packet, Attorney Bjorn Johnson spoke to the letter 27 he sent on behalf of his clients, Amedee and Marc Savard, which was in the meeting packet, and 28 indicated he was available if there were questions. Bhirdo indicated since the letter was not an 29 agenda item, the Commission could not discuss the matter. 30 31 5. Public Hearing, Discussion, Action: 32 a) Conditional Use Permit; Nonconforming Structure Addition; Karl Fauerbach; 10885 N Bay 33 Shore Dr. 34 Bhirdo opened the hearing at 5:34 p.m. Schmelzer read the notice and shared a brief summary of the 35 conditional use permit request and distributed a survey from the file showing building locations. 36 Fauerbach was available via Zoom to answer questions. Discussion focused on the distance the addition 37 would be from the shed located in the area of the common element. Since the shed had no fire wall, and 38 was not ten feet from the addition, the Plan Commission had concerns about its location; discussion 39 followed. The hearing closed at 5:52 p.m. 40 41 Motion by Harff, second by Champeau, to recommend to the Village Board approval of the conditional 42 use permit subject to the condition that if the shed is rebuilt, or relocated, or the vegetation thinned or 43 removed so as to result in the shed being visible from the road, a permit be obtained; the condominium 44 is to understand sheds are not allowed in front yards and cannot be rebuilt in the same location. Motion 45 carried unanimously. 46 47 6. Discussion/Action Items  Plan Commission Minutes 06242025 (APPROVED) 1 a) Development Agreement Amendment; Time Extension; 2399 Maple Dr; Luna View; 2 Al Gokey 3 Schmelzer explained the Development Agreement Amendment the Plan Commission previously 4 recommended to the Village Board was remanded back to the Plan Commission to revise the 5 completion deadline. During the meeting it was noted the original Development Agreement 6 allowed Mr. Gokey until June 30 to work on his project and by consensus they therefore 7 authorized him to continue to work on the development until that date. Discussion followed 8 regarding a deadline for completion. 9 10 Motion by Harff, second by Kane, to send property owners within 300 feet of the development 11 a letter explaining the Village Board is to review the timeline extension request at their July 15 12 meeting. The letter is to seek input as to whether Mr. Gokey should be allowed to work until 13 July 15; or, resume work only after Labor Day; or, wait until after Fall Fest to complete the 14 work. Motion carried: Aye-6; Nay-1 (Bell voted no explaining he did not support Mr. Gokey 15 being allowed to work until June 30) 16 17 b) Setback and Building Material; Temporary Vendor Shed; Waterfront Park 18 Schmelzer shared information about a temporary shed for a park vendor operating at Waterfront Park 19 that the Parks, Property & Streets Committee had approved, subject to Plan Commission approval. She 20 distributed an aerial photo showing the approximate location the Parks Committee had recommended. 21 The shed was erected and houses eBikes and does not meet the required side yard setback, and, is made 22 of metal, which is not allowed in Sister Bay. On June 16 the Parks, Property & Streets Committee noted 23 the shed close to the water and near the west property line, in view of the Yacht Club. They elected to 24 have the shed relocated further from the water to protect the view from the Yacht Club, and allow it to 25 be less than five feet from the property line. The Plan Commission didn’t object to the shed being closer 26 to the lot line than allowed, but felt allowing a metal shed would set a precedent. 27 28 Motion by Bhirdo, second by Champeau, to deny the request and order the shed removed. Motion carried 29 unanimously. 30 31 7. Permit Report 32 Schmelzer explained she forgot to include the report in the meeting packet and would include it in next 33 month’s packet. 34 35 8. Matters to be Placed on a Future Agenda or Referred to a Committee, Official or Employee 36 Bhirdo requested a text amendment be presented when the Commission presents its next set of text 37 amendments: Setbacks for commercial vendors’ accessory structures on public parklands. 38 39 9. Next Meeting 40 It was confirmed the next regular meeting would be July 22, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the large meeting room at 41 the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Station. 42 43 10. Adjournment 44 Motion by Harff, second by Kane, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 45 6:49 p.m. 46 Respectfully recorded by Sue Clarke, Village Clerk, and submitted by Julie Schmelzer, Village Administrator -2-