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Plan Commission Minutes 04052023UNAPPROVED CITY OF MUSKEGO PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES �� Cq W 2023 6:00 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue 4mh.USKEGO CALL TO ORDER Mayor Petfalski called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Petfalski, Alderman Madden, Commissioners Bartlett, Graf and Oliver and Planner Trzebiatowski. Absent: Commissioners Gazzana and 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 March 7, 2023 meeting. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve the March 7, 2023 minutes. Commissioner Oliver seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing for a Conditional Use Grant in accordance with the Muskego Zoning Ordinance for the purpose of allowing an auto sales and service facility located at S73 W16730 Janesville Road / Tax Key No. 2198.984.002. Planner Trzebiatowski provided an explanation of the project to remodel the existing building and construct an addition on the rear of the building. The exterior will be all new materials. The pitched roof is being kept on the front of the building with a new entryway. The back portion of the building will be clad with masonry materials with a wood -like material installed in a shiplap pattern above. Windows will be on the additional portion of the building along with an overhead door painted to match the building. Access is from Janesville Road as a shared access with Milk Can. Customers enter the site and park at the entry to the storefront. The west side includes employee and service vehicles. The east side includes the sales vehicles. There are 51 parking stalls and one for a tow truck. An amendment is needed to the site plan prior to building permit showing a realistic tow truck stall ensuring the drive aisle is not being impeded. The parking stalls for the service vehicles cannot be used for any junked, wrecked or damaged vehicles. Concrete curb and gutter are shown on the new parking surface areas. An easement is shown under the addition and we need to ensure that this is vacated prior to building permit being obtained. Hours of auto sales are 10:00 AM — 8:00 PM Monday through Saturday with service hours being 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM. An existing dumpster enclosure is shown, but must be repaired. No other outdoor storage is allowed. Landscaping is shown with minimal landscaping along the new entryway and a revised plan will be required for building permits to ensure all City standards are being followed. Renee Farias, W 167 S7294 Briargate Lane, concerned with oil leakage, understands no junk cars but we need to be sure that there is no oil that will be seeping into the pond. The other issue is the noise. Firestone has done a very good job of protecting them from the noise, they hope the owners of this building will do the same. Also concerned with the existing trees. They hope that the tall trees remain to act as a buffer and a screen. Would like them to add to the trees with berm or other trees. Camilla Jost, S73 W16825 Briargate Lane, similar to the last comments, concerns with vegetation being removed, oil runoff, water pollution from car wash and anything that will affect the pond. Who will be responsible for the pond? Also concerned with noise and light pollution. Where the lights will be aimed and at what height? Can they be dimmed after hours? Are they taking away greenspace? If there are concerns, who would she bring these issues to whether it would be the alderman or mayor. John Ingersoll, 1530 Woodside Lane, Elm Grove, owns the vacant lot between this development and the Milk Can restaurant. Concerned with the easement that he is aware of on the west end which is access to his property. It sounds like the employees will be parking on this easement and he will not give permission as that is the only access to his property. He agrees with everything said about the pond as a portion of the pond is on his property. He does not believe the majority of brush on the property for National Auto as it is on his property. Would like to get information and clarity about where the parking is located in relation to the easement. Fuad Rabbe, will be the operator and manager for National Auto. First regarding the pollution, all old oil from the cars will be recycled and shipped off premises. National Auto will be using equipment with a low noise level and have restricted service hours from 9:00 — 5:00 to keep noise levels down. Wants to have a good relationship with neighbors. To anyone with concerns, they can reach out directly to him. Public Hearing closed at 6:26 pm. CONSENT BUSINESS RESOLUTION PC 020-2023 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Eagle Park Brewing and Distilling Company located at S64 W15640 Commerce Center Parkway / Tax Key No. 2166.997.003. RESOLUTION PC 021-2023 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Fun Things Toy Service, Inc. located at S75 W17315 Janesville Road / Tax Key No. 2196.032. RESOLUTION PC 022-2023 Approval of a Certified Survey Map for Caring Alternatives of Muskego, LLC. located at W 182 S8320 Pioneer Drive / Tax Key No. 2223.999. Commissioner Graf made a motion to approve the consent business engross. Commissioner Oliver seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION PC 018-2023 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan and Conditional Use Grant for National Auto located at S73 W16730 Janesville Road / Tax Key No. 2198.984.002. Planner Trzebiatowski addressed residents' concerns. As for the oil leakage, there aren't any junked or wrecked cars allowed outside, so there shouldn't be any leaking from vehicles. All state and City building codes including anything involving environmental concerns must be followed. As for the noise, the repair hours are limited and the owner said that he can be contacted, otherwise residents can contact the alderman, but we are confident that this will not be an issue. As for the trees on the site, they are not allowed to remove any trees and they are not expanding the parking lot except for a small area towards Janesville Road. All the parking and paving is staying as -is. Staff was cognizant of the natural buffer during the review. For the lights, the City has very particular requirements for lighting including 0.5 footcandles at the lot line. Anything existing can stay, but anything new will need to be zero -degree tilt and full cut-off. As for the easement, this is not the access easement on the Milk Can property that Mr. Ingersoll was concerned with. There is a separate power company easement that runs east -west. Lastly, we typically have an annual review for auto uses and would recommend adding the annual review to the Resolution. Commissioner Graf asked about curbing. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that they are not repaving the parking lot so they are not required to add curbing. They are proposing a small area and that new area will need to have curbing. If they change or replace the parking area, curbing will be required. Mayor Petfalski confirmed with the petitioner the restrictions regarding outdoor storage on the property. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve Resolution PC 018-2023. Commissioner Bartlett seconded. Alderman Madden made a motion to amend Resolution PC 018-2023 to add a yearly review. Commissioner Graf seconded the motion to amend. Motion to amend Resolution PC 018-2023 passed unanimously. Motion to approve amended Resolution PC 018-2023 passed unanimously. RESOLUTION PC 019-2023 Approval of an Accessory Structure located at S70 W16393 Hedgewood Drive / Tax Key No. 2172.009. Planner Trzebiatowski explained that this accessory structure is before the Plan Commission as it is larger than the allowable metal roof as approved by the Plan Commission previously. The gazebo structure is 288 square feet, which is larger than the 225 square feet allowed for metal roofs. Mayor Petfalski has no issues with this but asked if the Plan Commission makes them match the roof of the house, in ten years when they have to replace the roof if there was a permit needed. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that a permit is needed to re -roof a structure. Commissioner Graf made a motion to approve Resolution PC 019-2023. Alderman Madden seconded. Motion to approve Resolution PC 019-2023 passed unanimously. RESOLUTION PC 023-2023 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Smile Pediatric Dentistry located at S75 W17331 Janesville Road / Tax Key No. 2196.032. Planner Trzebiatowski explained that this project is for a buildout of a portion of the Jerome Drug retail location for a dentist office. The applicant will be on the eastern side of the building and will be adding a door on the Janesville side of the building. There will be a door and five windows on the east side of the building. As for the parking, there is ample parking in the shopping center. They will be losing two parking stalls for the side entry. There will not be any outdoor storage. One note from a site visit is the dumpster enclosure that is in disrepair. There were also dumpsters outside of the enclosure. As part of this approval, the petitioner will need to work with the landowner to remove the trailers and extra dumpsters that are not within the enclosure. Alderman Madden made a motion to approve Resolution PC 023-2023. Commissioner Bartlett seconded. Motion to approve Resolution PC 019-2023 passed unanimously. PC 024-2023 Discussion of a Conceptual condominium development for Burback Homes located along the west side of Country Club Lane / Tax Key No. 2258.996.006. Planner Trzebiatowski provided an overview of the conceptual development. This will be just west of the entry to Muskego Lakes Country Club. A total of nine side -by -side condominiums for a total of 18 units. The units would be closer to the road to preserve the trees. A Planned Development zoning will allow for shorter setbacks to minimize the impact to the trees. The total lot is approximately 20 acres with a large area being preserved. One concern staff had was that the Plan Commission typically looks for 50 percent masonry based on the Design Guide so if this comes forward the masonry would likely be scrutinized further. Commissioner Graf asked about the condition of the road. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that this road has recently been upgraded to City Standards with the neighboring development. Also, these condos will all be serviced by City sewer and water. Mayor Petfalski asked if there were any plans for a clubhouse our outbuildings. Planner Trzebiatowski said there was not at this time. Commissioner Oliver asked if the cul-de-sac will be a public road. Planner Trzebiatowski said it is up to them at this point. Since this is a condo development it would likely be a private cul-de-sac. Mayor Petfalski asked if this is age restricted. Planner Trzebiatowski said no restrictions he is aware of. Commissioner Bartlett asked looking forward if/when the golf course is redeveloped this may be a main road through the area and there will be all of the driveways on this main road, so he likes the cul-de-sac as it lessens the driveways on the main road. Mayor Petfalski mentioned that if the golf course is developed, there would also be access on the backside of any future development. Commissioner Graf asked about the wooded area on the east side of the Country Club entrance. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that that property is owned by the Cornerstone development and was used for density so that land will remain preserved. Jared Burback, S91 W13127 Boxhorn Drive addressed the stone on the buildings and to try and make the buildings somewhat affordable the back of the buildings will face the trees that no one will ever see. There is already a lot of stone on the buildings and these buildings will be so close to the trees that even the people that live there will not see the stone. Willing to add stone to the front and sides. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that as a Planner that would be OK as long as the stone is made up for on the front and sides. Commissioner Bartlett added that he would not have an issue if the stone is made up for on front but also noted that the Plan Commission has been very consistent with masonry requirements on all development in the City. Mr. Burback added that he's looked at other developments and this is the only one that backs up to a wetland that he cannot even put in a trail so nobody will see the back of the buildings and it is just an added expense. He noted that they already have to run the sewer down the road and tear up the road. No problem adding to the front and sides, but it is just the rear of the building. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS None ADJOURNMENT Alderman Madden made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Oliver seconded. Motion to adjourn passed unanimously. Respectfully Submitted, Aaron Fahl, AICP Planner