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Plan Commission Minutes 09062022 ApprovedAPPROVED CITY OF MUSKEGO PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES 09/06/2022 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER Mayor Petfalski called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL C4 af �MUSKEGO Present: Mayor Petfalski, Alderman Madden, Commissioners Bartlett, Graf, Gazzana and Oliver Planner Trzebiatowski. Absent: Commissioner Buckmaster. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE The meeting was noticed in accordance with the open meeting laws. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Approval of the minutes of the August 2, 2022 Plan Commission meeting. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve the August 2, 2022 minutes. Commissioner Bartlett seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. CONSENT BUSINESS RESOLUTION PC 056-2022 Approval of a three -lot Certified Survey Map for Richard & Jean Henneberry located at W192 S9561 Racine Avenue & W192 S9555 Racine Avenue / Tax Key Nos. 2273.998.003 & 2273.998.002. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve the consent business. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION PC 054-2022 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan for a Two - Family Residential Structure located on Lot 18 of Northfield Green Subdivision / Tax Key No. 2172.028. Planner Trzebiatowski explained the proposal for a two-family structure within the Northfield Green Subdivision. Typically, a two-family structure would not need Plan Commission approval but due to the Design Guide that governs this area, Plan Commission approval is required. This developer has built several similar buildings in the cul-de-sac. This building is similar to the others except this building has a bit more masonry than the past buildings. The proposed building meets the Design Guide. Commissioner Graf made a motion to approve Resolution PC 054-2022. Alderman Madden seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. RESOLUTION PC 055-2022 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Frey Auto located at S107 W16311 Loomis Road / Tax Key No. 2296.966. Planner Trzebiatowski provided an overview of the proposal. First, this relates to a deferred item on the agenda which is the annual review for Frey Automotive. There are issues with property and those are in court now. To try and resolve the annual review issues the petitioner is seeking to lease a portion of this site for an outdoor fenced area to house cars. The Zoning Code does not allow for the storage of wrecked or junked vehicles. At this site junked and/or wrecked vehicles will not be allowed. Therefore, this use could be considered commercial parking, but requires Plan Commission approval. The fenced area would be gravel. The fence facing Loomis Road would be a solid wood fence and the western facing sides being allowed chain link with barbed wire. A new site plan is needed to delineate the vegetation to allow for a better idea of which parts of the fencing will be visible. Another discussion item is the surface type being paved or gravel. Typically, the parking surface would be paved asphalt or concrete and the petitioner is proposing to leave the paved area as is and then extend the parking area with gravel. Historically, if the area is completely enclosed the Plan Commission has allowed some parking areas to be gravel. The code also addresses striping of parking stalls and drive aisles. There will be no customers at this site. If this commercial parking and is this the long-term goal for the area. Should there be a term limit on this use? Lot lighting will be proposed. There has not been much care taken at this site for a while, but with this approval the remainder of the site will need to be straightened up a bit. Staff is recommending deferral so we can have more clarity on the site plan, including the treeline for screening of the chain -link fencing, the extent of the gravel surface areas and any striping/aisles required. Another worry is that this will not fix the problem on the other site, but may actually make the problem bigger. Alderman Madden asked if there was another project of expanding the parking at the other site. Planner Trzebiatowski said there was not. The petitioner said this will definitely help with the issue of too many cars. There could be a stipulation for this project tied to the original Frey Auto site as far as following the conditions of approval. This project will definitely help with the congestion at the shop. Commissioner Oliver asked how this will help. The petitioner explained the additional cars from the current lot will be moved to this location. Commissioner Graf asked about the estimated capacity. The petitioner was not sure. The Mayor noted that there were items for discussion that would impact the capacity including drive aisles and striping. Commissioner Gazzana expressed his concern that this just exasperates the problem and there is no assurance from him based on the past. Mayor Petfalski asked if is this an appropriate use for the area overall. Alderman Madden noted that the site hasn't looked good for years. Commissioner Oliver noted that the fact that the petitioner is coming before the Plan Commission and willing to spend thousands of dollars to lease the property, fence of the area to hide all the vehicles and bring the existing site into compliance in good faith that he is in favor of this as long as there is some coordination between the two sites. Alderman Madden asked if the Plan Commission can put a specific number of vehicles as a cap on the property with fines immediately if there is more. Planner Trzebiatowski said this may be an issue for the City Attorney that if certain conditions are not followed that rather than the arduous court process that there is a fine right away. Planner Trzebiatowski explained that this approval is specific to the site across the street. The second topic on the agenda is the annual review for the current site of Frey Auto. Commissioner Oliver said that the other two topics including the stoning of the lot, which he sees as appropriate and the tree lines which if you want to put screening in a chain link that can be done but there is not much visibility of the area between the vegetation and the building providing screening. Mayor Petfalski added that gravel from an aesthetic standpoint he is not worried about. This area is not served with water right now, but these will be vehicles leaking and he doesn't want anything getting into the water table. For the drive aisles, does not need to be striped, but if there is an emergency, the fire department will need to get in. Commissioner Gazzana asked what the owner's thoughts are on this use. The petitioner said that he likes to lease it out. Commissioner Graf asked why he chose the location along Loomis Drive. The petitioner said he wanted to keep the treeline on the property. The other side (north side) is where the owner parks. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that he is not doubting the treeline will be a visual barrier, but if the petitioner has the surveyor add the treeline to the survey there would be a better picture of where the trees are in comparison to the fencing. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that the DNR website identifies this site as being contaminated and they are working with the owner on remediating the contamination. Mayor Petfalski asked whether this is an appropriate use. All said yes with a time period except Commissioner Graf who said this was not an appropriate use. Majority thought a 5-year timeframe would work. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that any annual, bi-annual or quarterly review for the other site would also include this site. Commissioners asked how long it will take to have the site completed after approvals and the petitioner couldn't give a timeframe, but would move forward right away. Commissioner Gazzana asked in the interim, what happens to the current site that has too many vehicles now. The petitioner said that he will continue to chip away at the total number of vehicles. Mayor Petfalski asked for opinions on paving vs. gravel. All thought gravel would be sufficient Commissioner Bartlett asked about a wetland that has been delineated on the survey. Planner Trzebiatowski said that the wetland on the site has been deemed artificial. However, the City Engineers will not allow them to just fill a ditch and that when a Zoning Permit is obtained the engineer will look at this and likely require a grading plan and a culvert. Commissioner Oliver asked about the treeline for visibility. Planner Trzebiatowski said staff asked for the treeline to be added to the survey in addition to the extent of the gravel parking area. Commissioner Oliver asked what the requirements were for a drive aisle. Planner Trzebiatowski mentioned that one way is 12 feet and two-way traffic requires 24 feet and the Plan Commission does have discretion. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve Resolution PC 055-2022. Commissioner Bartlett seconded. Commissioner Bartlett made a motion to defer Resolution PC 055-2022. Alderman Madden seconded. Motion to defer passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION PC 056-2021 Approval of an Annual Review for Frey Auto located at S106 W16301 Loomis Road / Tax Key No. 2293.996.002. Alderman Madden made a motion to defer Resolution PC 056-2021. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to defer passed unanimously. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS None ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Gazzana made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to adjourn passed unanimously. Respectfully Submitted, Aaron Fahl, AICP Planner