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Plan Commission Minutes 20250805UNAPPROVED CITY OF MUSKEGO PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA 08/05/2025 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Madden called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Se Cry of SKEGO Present:, Alderman Madden and Commissioners Buckmaster, Cieslak, Graf, Kubacki, and Planner Trzebiatowski. Absent: Mayor Petfalski and Commissioner Bartlett. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE The meeting was noticed in accordance with the open meeting laws. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Approval of the Minutes from the June 3, 2025 meeting. CONSENT BUSINESS RESOLUTION PC 031-2025 Approval of Two (2) Metal Accessory Structures for the Sharwani/Sajid property located at S102 W20444 Kelsey Drive / Tax Key No. 2280.999.003. RESOLUTION PC 032-2025 Approval of an Extraterritorial Certified Survey Map for Todd Oswald located at 26418 S. Wind Lake Road in the Town of Norway. Commissioner Buckmaster made a motion to approve consent business engross. Commissioner Kubacki seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. OLD BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION PC 033-2025 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for GFL Muskego, LLC. located at W144 S6350 College Court / Tax Key No. 2165.998.014. Planner Trzebiatowski explained that a few years ago the Plan Commission approved an overhead refueling system for this site for compressed natural gas. The project worked as planned. Now the petitioner is looking to expand the refueling area to include 38 stalls with 15 on the southern side of the property and 23 on the east side. Five of the eastern spaces will not be available until an above ground tank is removed. The new system is a K-rail system which is essentially a highway barrier -type concrete barrier with the equipment mounted to the barrier. This system is lower, which is probably better given that it will be closer to the perimeter of the site. This area of the site also includes an equipment compound area that will be slightly enlarged for the new system and will include a white privacy fence that matches the existing fencing that will surround the new equipment. An additional note is that the existing site is surrounded by a chain link fence with slatting. As part of this project slatting will be added and any existing slatting is in disrepair, that slatting must be replaced to match the remainder of the slatting. Commissioner Kubacki made a motion to approve Resolution PC 033-2025. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to approve passed unanimously. RESOLUTION PC 034-2025 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Inpro (Gemini) located at S82 W18762 Gemini Drive / Tax Key No. 2221.019.002. Commissioner Kubacki asked if all three of the Inpro petitions can be discussed together. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that although they are all similar, there are small aspects of the plans that are a little different. Planner Trzebiatowski provided an overview of each of the projects. The petitioner is asking for approval to add adding additional parking lot where there is currently vegetation. The second is off Mercury, which is an existing building and the new parking lot is behind the building and the third one off Saturn has an existing parking lot and adding additional parking areas and making the area more functional. All the requests are similar where the first and third (Gemini and Saturn) are visible where the Mercury project is not visible behind the building. The topic that came up during the review was curbing verses no curbing. Staff is recommending curbing as has been required on other sites with parking lot expansions and any new development in the industrial park has been required to add curbing to parking areas. The petitioner, Craig Faust, said that the Gemini project is behind a row of trees that will be kept. Additional screening will be added and nothing else has a curb so nothing visual at this location. They are also displacing three parking stalls to enter the new parking area. This is right across the street from the main entrance and they will relocate the garden and the shed. For the Saturn building, the waiver is being requested as they are just extending the current area on the left side and the right side the only place it would make sense for a curb would be where the landscaping is with a sidewalk to the front door. The other side is hidden by trees and is not visible. The last project (Mercury) everything is behind the building as overflow. Eventually, that building would be need to be expanded so long-term there will be a building in this location, hwihc is why they were asking for the waiver on this property. This also aligns with all the other buildings that they have plans. Commissioner Kubacki asked Planner Trzebiatowski to confirm the purpose of the curbing to direct storm water. Planner Trzebiatowski said curbing can be used to direct water but the curbing is mostly for aesthetic purposes. It helps people stay on the pavement and the problem with parking stops is that they are often not secured to the ground and whether they are or aren't, they often get plowed off in the winter, which will be required if the curbing requirements are waived. Curbs are also a cleanliness thing and the new norm where they are required for anything newly paved or newly developed in more urban areas of the City. Some sites need curbs for storm water but these likely wouldn't due to the size. The petitioner noted that they had an engineer review the new parking areas to see if guiding storm water was needed and it they do not. Commissioner Kubacki asked whether they are looking for a waiver for just the perimeter and the lots will be lined and assuming there will be stops. The petitioner said that they typically do not have curb stops in the middle between two sets of stalls Planner Trzebiatowski clarified that all the resolutions are drafted with the required curb and gutter. If that requirement is waived, an amendment would be needed to change the resolution and parking stops would be required for any parking stall abutting grass. The petitioner asked about the City property. Planner Trzebiatowski said he had no knowledge of that. The petitioner spent time going through the park and did not see many places with curbing. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that there hasn't been many locations with new parking stalls. The newer projects including Jewell Trucking, which was recently approved, is required to curb anything that isn't fenced as well as Flores Automation who added parking to one side of the lot installed curbing, but not on the existing parking areas. Commissioner Buckmaster asked the petitioner if he had the option would he want curbs or parking stops. The petitioner said the stops, so they could remove them. Commissioner Buckmaster thinks this falls outside of the criteria where curb and gutter should be enforced so he has no issues waiving the curbing. Additionally, Inpro does expand and they have never had issues with Inpro. Commissioner Cieslak said the one on Apollo, since that is a new parking lot and its kind of a branch or new parking lot, it could easily be curbed. The other two (Mercury) is in the back so not worried about curbs. And the last one since it is kind of being pieced in, it would look a little weird if just the new stalls were curbed. Commissioner Kubacki asked for the Gemini project, where the curbing would be located. Planner Trzebiatowski said that if the Plan Commission requires the curb, once the driveway goes into the new lot are the curb would wrap the exterior of the new addition, not the existing. Commissioner Graf asked how many stalls were being added. Planner Trzebiatowski said there would be 26 more stalls. Commissioner Kubacki said that there will need to be cut-outs to relieve surface water. He is not a fan of curbing at all only for the purpose of runoff as it will pool water and there would need to be cut-outs. Planner Trzebiatowski noted that the curb requirement was added as that was the direction from the Plan Commission. Commissioner Graf made a motion to approve Resolution PC 034-2025. Commissioner Buckmaster seconded. Commissioner Buckmaster made a motion to amend Resolution PC 034-2025 to waive the curb requirement. Commissioner Kubacki seconded the amendment. Motion to amend Resolution PC 034-2025 passed unanimously. Commissioner Buckmaster made a motion to approve amended Resolution PC 034- 2025. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to approve amended Resolution PC 034-2025 passed unanimously. The petitioner then asked to clarify that with the curb removed the stops are necessary. Planner Trzebiatowski said that any stalls that abut the landscaping/lawn will need a parking stop. RESOLUTION PC 035-2025 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Inpro (Mercury) located at W188 S8232 Mercury Drive / Tax Key No. 2221.020.001. Commissioner Graf said that he agreed that the curb requirement could be waived for this property as well. Commissioner Kubacki made a motion to approve Resolution PC 035-2025. Commissioner Buckmaster seconded. Commissioner Graf made a motion to amend Resolution PC 035-2025 to waive the curb requirement. Commissioner Buckmaster seconded the amendment. Motion to amend Resolution PC 035- 2025 passed unanimously. Commissioner Buckmaster made a motion to approve amended Resolution PC 035-2025. Commissioner Kubacki seconded. Motion to approve amended Resolution PC 035-2025 passed unanimously. RESOLUTION PC 036-2025 Approval of a Building, Site and Operation Plan Amendment for Inpro (Saturn) located at S83 W18770 Saturn Drive / Tax Key No. 2223.008. Commissioner Graf asked the petitioner if he mentioned there was curb on this site. Planner Trzebiatowski said there was not. Commissioner Graf also asked the petitioner if this building was ultimately in their plan to be renovated in the future. The petitioner said this one and the last. They are seeking additional parcel close to expand the buildings, if they are successful. Commissioner Buckmaster said he has no problem waving the curb requirement for this one because they are more than likely going to expand the building. Commissioner Graf asked that at what point in the future does the Plan Commission take a stand and require the curb requirement. Commissioner Buckmaster said that with a company like Inpro, they do what they say they are going to do so he has no issues with waving the curb for this one unless anyone has any real issues. Commissioner Kubacki made a motion to approve Resolution PC 035-2025. Commissioner Graf seconded. Commissioner Graf made a motion to amend Resolution PC 035-2025 to waive the curb requirement. Commissioner Kubacki seconded the amendment. Motion to amend Resolution PC 035-2025 passed unanimously. Motion to approve amended Resolution PC 035-2025 passed unanimously. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Kubacki made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Graf seconded. Motion to adjourn passed unanimously. Respectfully Submitted, Aaron Fahl, AICP Planner