Plan Commission

MINUTES CITY OF WAUPUN PLAN COMMISSION Waupun City Hall – 201 E. Main Street, Waupun WI Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM CALL TO ORDER Chairman Bishop called the meeting to order at 4:32 pm. ROLL CALL Members Present: Jerry Medema, Elton TerBeest Members Present (via zoom): Mike Matoushek, Jason Whitford Member Present by Phone: Rohn Bishop Members Excused: Jeff Daane, Jill Vanderkin Staff Present: Sue Leahy, Kathy Schlieve, and Dan VandeZande. Others Present: Christina Kartechner, Cal Hermann, Brian Retzlaf PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE PLAN COMMISSION-- None FUTURE MEETINGS AND GATHERING INVOLVING THE PLAN COMMISSION Next meeting will be Wednesday, April 17, 2024. CONSIDERATION - ACTION 1. Approve minutes of the February 21, 2024 meeting. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Matoushek to approve the minutes of the February 21, 2024 meeting. Motion carried, unanimously. 2. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Application of Christina Kartechner at 18 S Madison St. to install a projecting sign above the front entrance per Municipal Code Section 16.11(2)(a) and 16.11(5)(e). Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Medema to open the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Christina is here requesting the sign. Kathy Schlieve stated that this would be very similar to previous requests. The design is consistent with other signs in the downtown area. An ordinance amendment to allow projecting signs as a permitted use will be presented to the Board later in the meeting. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Matoushek to close the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by TerBeest to approve the Conditional Use Permit Appication of Christina Kartechner at 18 S. Madison St. to install a projecting sign above the front entrance of the building as presented. Motion carried, unanimously. 3. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Application of 18 Wheeler Truck Wash LLC at 1815 Shaler Dr. (Parcel # 292-1315-0933-005) to construct a 2-bay automated truck wash per Municipal Code Section 16.04(4)(d)(i) and (ii). Motion by Whitford, 2nd by TerBeest to open the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Kathy Schlieve stated that the City has had land reserved in this area for this type of use since 2017. An agreement was reached with Brian Retzlaf to build the truck wash. The patrons served by truck wash, would be some of same patrons that the Travel Plaza serves. There should be a condition if this is approved that truck staging cannot occur on street, that it be contained to the lot. This was originally platted in 2004 but  nothing developed until 2017. There are no water or sewer issues. Dan VandeZande stated that in the developers agreement for this plan there is a provision for not allowing a hot wash on the property and would like to see that as a condition of approval as well. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by TerBeest to close the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion by Matoushek, 2nd by TerBeest to approve the Conditional Use Permit applicaiton of 18 Wheeler Truck Wash LLC at 1815 Shaler Dr. to construct a 2-bay automated truck wash with the following conditions: (1) truck staging cannot occur on the street, it must be contained on the lot. (2) Hot wash is not allowed. Motion carried, unanimously. 4. Public Hearing - Ordinance amendment to rezone Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 of Heritage Ridge Subdivision, and Outlot 1 of Heritage Ridge Subdivision presently zoned in the B-3 Shopping Center Business District to the PCD - Planned Community Development District. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Medema to open the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Kathy Schlieve gave a brief explanation for the proposed rezoning. The property is currently zoned B-3 Shopping Business District. The proposed PCD zoning gives us a little more flexibility in developing the rest of the lots. Things have continued to change economically since the subdivision was created in 2004. This could allow for multi-family housing on the north side of the property. Cal with the Travel Plaza addressed the board. He stated that 60-70 trucks a day through the truck stop and their customer counts average 6000 per week. It is a fairly busy corner now and with more businesses it will increase over time. He is all for bringing business into that particular area of town and supports the development. His main concern is the speed limit on STH 26. The City has continually asked the DOT to lower it, but according to their traffic studies, it doesn’t warrant the change yet. The City will continue to push the issue. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by TerBeest to close the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Matoushek to recommend approval of the ordinance to rezone Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 of Heritage Ridge Subdivision, and Outlot 1 of Heritage Ridge Subdivision presently zoned in the B-3 Shopping Center Business District to the PCD - Planned Community Development District. Motion carried, unanimously. 5. Public Hearing - Ordinance Amendment to include projecting signs as a permitted use. Motion by Matoushek, 2nd by Medema to open the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Kathy Schlieve stated that the BID board has requested this change to the ordinance. It is in their 2024 work plan to amend the plan. This ordinance would eliminate the Conditional Use Permit required for projecting signs. Chapter 25 of the Municipal Code will also have to be updated by the CDA Committee at a separate meeting. Sue Leahy said that on the Ordinance as it is written, it states “One projecting may be permitted for each parcel provided no ground sign is located on the property” She would like this changed to “One projecting sign may be permitted for each business address provided no ground sign is located on the property”. We do have some buildings that have multiple businesses in them and not all of them have their own address. If they would wish to have a projecting sign, they would have to seek a Variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals, but would have to prove a hardship for approval of that. The recommendation from staff is to change the language from one per parcel to one per business address.  Motion by Whitford, 2nd by TerBeest to close the public hearing. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion by Whitford, 2nd by Medema to recommend approval of the Ordinance amendment to include projecting signs as a permitted use to Chapter 16.11 of the Municipal Code. With changing the language from “One projecting may be permitted for each parcel…” to “One projecting sign may be permitted for each business address….” Motion carried, unanimously. 6. Discuss Zoning for parcels that will be annexed to the City of Waupun. Parcel #'s 010-1315-0543-015 and 010-1315-0543-014. Kathy discussed this item. There are two parcels that the City acquired that are immediately across from the Utilities on S. Madison St. As we go through the annexation process, a Zoning classification needs to be included with the Annexation ordinance. Our intent was to possibly extend public safety facilities to this site. Kathy presented maps of current zoning and future land use maps for that area. One idea is PCD because it gives us flexibility. Sue likes the PCD because it has 6 different districts that fall underneath. Dan VandeZande addressed Spot Zoning and said that it’s not necessarily illegal, but the Plan Commission and Council need to look at the ideas to make sure the plan is a good fit for that area. The M-1 Light Manufacturing district is included in the PCD District so a light manufacturing building could go there. Heavy Manufacturing would not be allowed. Some of the members did not think this area would be good for residential. Motion by TerBeest, 2nd by Whitford to place this property in the PCD district when it is annexed. Motion carried, unanimously. ADJOURNMENT Motion by TerBeest, 2nd by Medema to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried, meeting adjourned at 5:08 pm Minutes prepared by Trista Steinbach