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Plan Commission Minutes 05-18-99 CITY OF MUSKEGO APPROVED PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 18, 1999 Minutes of the Plan Commission held on May 18, 1999, in the Muskego Room, City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue. Mayor De Angelis called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor De Angelis, Alderman Salentine, Commissioner’s Gummer, Smith, Schaumberg, Hulbert, Acting Plan Director Wolff and Recording Secretary Asti. Secretary reported that the meeting was properly noticed in accordance with the Open Meeting Law. MINUTES: Commissioner Gummer made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 4, 1999, meeting. Commissioner Schaumberg seconded. Upon a voice vote, motion to approve the minutes was passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS: RESOLUTION #P.C. 40-99 – Approval of Conditional Use Grant for the sale and service of snowmobiles, motorcycles, personal watercraft and ATV’s at the property located at S83 W18410 Saturn Drive for Arthur Graves. This resolution was brought back to the floor for discussion. Petitioner has requested that this item be deferred until the June 1, 1999 meeting. Alderman Salentine made a motion to defer. Commissioner Hulbert seconded. Upon a voice vote, Resolution #P.C. 40-99 was Deferred unanimously. RESOLUTION #P.C. 54-99 -- Approval of a conceptual amendment to an existing Conditional Use for Jacob Frey at the property located at S107 W16311 Loomis Road. (Tax Key No. 2296.996). This resolution was brought back to the floor for discussion. Staff has been in contact with petitioner who is still organizing the site plan. Commissioner Hulbert made a motion to defer. Alderman Salentine seconded. Upon a voice vote, Resolution #P.C. 54-99 was Deferred unanimously. RESOLUTION #P.C. 55-99 -- Approval of an amendment to a Building, Site and Operation Plan for the Woods Road Senior Village property located at Racine Avenue and Woods Road. (Tax Key No. 2242.984 and a portion of 2241.999). This resolution was brought back to the floor for discussion. At the previous Plan Commission meeting, suggestions were given to petitioner for the exterior of the building. Petitioner has submitted revised plans with the following changes: sun porch has been increased in height to service both floors; a second narrower horizontal siding has been added to all facades; and windows have been added to the East elevation. Mr. Bill Seno addressed the Commission stating the colors will be close to the original proposed plan with the brick being dark and the roof being light. Mr. Seno 05-18-99 PC Minutes Page 2 stated that after submitting revised plans, the two story sunporch element looked top heavy and proceeded to hand out plans at meeting that showed modifications. The handout material shows a shortened height of second floor window allowing for the band to be continued around the building. The horizontal siding will be vinyl, roof will be textured, and window mullions will be added. Discussion ensued wherein Commission would like to see the brick on the sunporch extend to the base of second story along with architectural grills placed on all air- conditioning units. Commissioner Gummer made a motion to amend resolution in the first WHEREAS, change date to May 18, 1999; in the fourth WHEREAS, add .. construct a four- season sunroom which will have brick from the ground level to the base of the second story. Add THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Approval is contingent upon resubmitting grading and drainage plans that meet the Engineering review due to reconfiguration of underground parking. Architectural grills that match the siding are to be placed over mechanicals . Alderman Salentine seconded. Upon a voice vote, Resolution #P.C. 55-99 was Amended unanimously. Upon a roll call vote, Amended Resolution #P.C. 55-99 was Adopted unanimously. RESOLUTION #P.C. 58-99 – Approval of an amendment to the Park and Open Space Plan for the City of Muskego Parks and Recreation Department. This resolution was brought back to the floor for discussion. Commissioner Hulbert stated that the Park and Recreation Board decided at their May 10, 1999, meeting to bring this issue back for discussion and refigured calculations on area. The Park and Recreation Board rescinded their previous motion and have determined that the City should enter into negotiations to obtain this parcel from the developer to use as a future passive park. Discussions with Jay Potter from SEWRPC concluded that defeating this resolution will not delay the approval process for the subdivision preliminary plat. Upon a roll call vote, Resolution #P.C. 58-99 was Defeated unanimously. CONSENT BUSINESS: RESOLUTION #P.C. 59-99 – Approval of temporary signs and stand for sale of fireworks for Lynn Sorce at the northeast corner of the Sentry parking lot in the Muskego Center Shopping Complex (W189 S7847 Racine Avenue). This resolution was read by title only. Alderman Salentine made a motion to approve. Commissioner Hulbert seconded. Petitioner has submitted plans for a temporary fireworks stand in the Sentry Store parking lot. No changes are proposed from last year’s approval. Upon a roll call vote, Resolution #P.C. 59-99 was Adopted unanimously. RESOLUTION #P.C. 60-99 – Approval of a 14’ x 20’ Accessory Structure for the Cifaldi property located at W137 S6848 Dunstan Court. (Tax Key No. 2163.033). This resolution was read by title only. Alderman Salentine made a motion to approve. Commissioner Hulbert seconded. Petitioner proposing to construct a 280 square foot structure being 12 feet in height. There is an existing 10 x 10 shed on property which will be razed to accommodate the proposed 14 x 20 structure. Upon a roll call vote, Resolution #P.C. 60-99 was Adopted unanimously. 05-18-99 PC Minutes Page 3 NEW BUSINESS: RESOLUTION #P.C. 61-99 – Approval of a one (1) lot sketch land division for the Hoormann property located in the NW ¼ of Section 10 at S72 W16460 Janesville Road. (Tax Key No. 2198.997). Alderman Salentine made a motion to approve. Commissioner Smith seconded. Petitioner proposing to divide a 2.5 acre RSM parcel into a 69,000 square foot parcel and a 42,000 square foot parcel. The larger parcel would keep the 12 unit residential building and the smaller parcel would be rezoned commercial to construct a multi-tenant commercial office facility. Staff has concerns with the site layout. The Janesville Road right- of-way along with 40 foot setback for building and 10 feet from lot line for parking will be taken into consideration. The sketch submittals do not show access to the multi-family building. Petitioner stated that the intent of this certified survey map is to extend the existing commercial building and remove the existing residence. All affected properties should be included on the certified survey map. Upon a roll call vote, Resolution #P.C. 61-99 was Adopted unanimously. RESOLUTION #P.C. 62-99 – Approval to a conceptual amendment to a Conditional Use Grant for E. .J. Salentine Buick-Pontiac at the property located at S66 W14444 Janesville Road. (Tax Key No. 2165.973). Commissioner Gummer made a motion to approve. Commissioner Hulbert seconded. Petitioner proposing a 20,996 square foot addition for automobile sales and service. Building facades will be metal panels to match existing structures and brick element added to addition which is visible from Janesville Road, matching south facade. Existing structure on Janesville Road and Tess Corners Drive will be removed. Petitioner is aware that right-of-way must be returned to greenspace and conform to City Ordinances for parking areas at the time of the County’s Janesville Road reconstruction. Small landscape islands have been added to better delineate the main access areas. Ruekert & Mielke has indicated that they will require additional information to perform detailed review of stormwater management practices. Petitioner will need to go to the Public Works Committee to resolve the site stormwater concerns. Petitioner’s representative, Mr. Allen Link, and Alderman Le Doux expressed their concerns to Commission not to have petitioner add the landscaping on Tess Corners. Lengthy discussion ensued wherein the final decision requested that petitioner will remove the asphalt and furnish landscaping to run the length of property along Tess Corners Road. All parking on Tess Corners Drive right-of-way will be removed and replaced with grass. Three access points on Tess Corners Road will be permitted. Upon a roll call vote, Resolution #P.C. 62-99 was Adopted unanimously. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS: Mayor De Angelis announced that Common Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday, May 20, 1999 to review candidates for the Planning Director position. Commissioner Hulbert expressed his concern that the position of City Engineer is a voting member to the Plan Commission. Commissioner Hulbert would like to have Common Council review how the City manages this position. Mayor De Angelis stated that according to State Statues this position is a voting position on Plan Commission. 05-18-99 PC Minutes Page 4 ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Hulbert made a motion to adjourn at 8:29 P.M. Commissioner Gummer seconded. Upon a voice vote, motion carried. With no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Sandra S. Asti Recording Secretary