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PLAN COMMISSION Packet 03112026CITY OF MUSKEGO PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA 03/11 /2026 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue Meeting Room 1 ** SPECIAL MEETING ** CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE NEW BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION PC 010-2026 Approval and Recommendation of 2035 Comprehensive Plan and Municipal Code Chapter 380 Comprehensive Plan Amendments to Common Council for the City of Muskego. PC 010-2026 SUPPLEMENT.pdf 2035 Comp Plan Document Link.pdf PC 010-2026 RESOLUTION.pdf ADJOURNMENT V102irea IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MEMBERS OF AND POSSIBLY A QUORUM OF MEMBERS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING TO GATHER INFORMATION; NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT THE ABOVE -STATED MEETING OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO ABOVE IN THIS NOTICE. ALSO, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH APPROPRIATE AIDS AND SERVICES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST THIS SERVICE, CONTACT MUSKEGO CITY HALL, (262) 679-4100. City of Muskego Plan Commission Supplement PC 010-2026 For the meeting of. March 11, 2026 REQUEST: Approval and Recommendation of 2035 Comprehensive Plan and Municipal Code Chapter 380 (Comprehensive Plan) Amendments PETITIONER: City of Muskego INTRODUCED: March 11, 2026 LAST AGENDA: N/A PREPARED BY: Adam Trzebiatowski, AICP BACKGROUND PC 010-2026 The Community Development Department has been working on the 2035 Comprehensive Plan and the Plan is an update to the City's current 2020 Comprehensive Plan. The 2020 Plan was adopted in 2009 and it has been amended throughout the years. The overall Comprehensive Plan is a blueprint for Muskego's future growth. It will continue to guide the type, location, and appearance of development in the City over the next 10 years and enhance the community's long-term vision, goals, and objectives with respect to the overall quality of life in Muskego. A variety of topics are included in the plan consisting of the following: Housing, Transportation, Utilities/Community Facilities, Agricultural/Natural/Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, and Land Use. DISCUSSION PC 006-2026 The 2020 Comprehensive Plan was a very thorough document that has served the City well. Therefore, the 2035 Comprehensive Plan is largely similar to the 2020 Comprehensive Plan that has been guiding growth throughout the City with updated statistics, similar goals, objectives and future land uses. The updated statistics include the most recent census data along with new projections for population and housing. The 2035 Plan also identifies all municipal systems along with an inventory of the parks and conservation areas throughout the City. There is an inventory of existing land uses and the 2035 Plan culminates with a map of future land uses. Again, this is a guide for future development and land use decisions. This plan does not change any zoning district within the City. As it relates to the future land use map, the identified possible future land uses have remained significantly the same for the majority of the City, with the exception of three noted areas. Since the last plan was completed in 2009 there have been two studies completed for the City's sanitary sewer infrastructure system that may provide more opportunity to individual landowners ability to develop their property in the future if they choose. Both sewer studies provided information that the existing sanitary sewer system could be expanded to serve additional areas, meaning it is possible that these areas could be developed more dense than what was previously thought. In general, density is directly correlated to an area's ability to be connected to sanitary sewer service. City of New Berlin The first area (shown to the right outlined in black) is located between College Avenue and Martin Drive east of Park Aurthur proceeding eastward to the back side of the Moorland Business Park. The property for the Kirkland Crossing Subdivision has already been approved for a future land use change from low density residential land use to medium density residential land use, but that is contingent upon recording of the Final Plat. The approval of the 2035 future land use map will confirm this previously approved change. The remainder of the area noted can also be sewered and has been adjusted to medium density residential land uses as well. K The second area (shown to the left outlined in black) where the land use was adjusted based on the sewer study is located near the southern edge of Big Muskego Lake along both sides of Thode Drive. This area was changed to be medium density residential future land use from rural density residential land use. This basically extends the medium density residential future land use that currently surrounds Muskego Lakes County Club and the surrounding area to the west. ' flQN" It is important to note that these adjustments in future land use with medium density residential uses do not 6e mean that the City has any specific plans to extend the sewer system at this time, but future expansions could be possible at a developers expense. This also does not mean that the City will develop these areas or that these areas will be developed at all. The property owner of each lot chooses if, and when, they want to sell their property or if they would like to develop their property, not the City. Ultimately, the findings of the sewer studies broaden the opportunities for future development to be similar to the adjacent neighborhoods if they choose to develop or sell their property. These future land use map changes also do not change the Zoning Code. Future rezoning requests would need to be made by landowners/developers once they have a plan they would like to try to proceed with, through the formal rezoning process that involves a Public Hearing, Plan Commission approval and Common Council approval. The third area (shown to the right outlined in black) of change to the future land use map includes expanding the commercial corridor of Racine Avenue. Along Racine Avenue north of Janesville Road, there are commercial uses fronting the County Highway. A property owner submitted a request to have their future land use changed from medium density residential land use to future commercial land use. This change would expand the Racine Avenue commercial corridor for a property that has historically been a commercial property, but most recently was a home. Any commercial development of this property would require a formal rezoning approval and approval of a Building, Site and Operation (BSO) Plan. As a reminder of the timeline for the presentation of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan, here are the dates as to when the plan was provided for review: • Plan presented to the Common Council for review — December 16, 2025 • Plan provided to the public for review — December 17, 2025 • The Plan and associated info was provided on a dedicated City website (https://www.muskego.wi.gov/Comp2035) and was available for viewing at City Hall and the Library. • Plan provided to the Plan Commission for review (via email) — December 18, 2025 • Approval schedule was provided to the Common Council — January 27, 2026 • An Open House was held at City Hall for the 2035 Plan — February 11, 2026 Public Hearing and first reading of the Ordinance in front of the Common Council — March 10, 2026 (pending) Plan Commission approval — March 11, 2026 (pending) Common Council approval — March 24, 2026 (pending) You will see above that the plan was provided to all with significant time to review and/or ask questions. At the Open House there were about a dozen residents present with various general questions about the plan. Overall, all the comments/conversations were positive or neutral. There were a few residents that came to the Planning Dept. counter to ask some basic questions over the past two and half months about the plan, none of which had any issues with the plan. Staff have not received any negative comments 3 relating to the Plan in person, via email and/or via mail. The City was made aware of some confusion related to what the future land use map designation showed for a specific parcel, but staff was able to provide factual information relating to what the future land use map and Zoning Code specified for this area. The City also followed up with a letter to this specific area to help clarify that the plan was not changing the future land use in this area and not changing anything in the Zoning Code. We received no comments in the comment box on the Planning Dept. counter. Staff have also not received any concerns or comments from any other City departments, Council members or Plan Commission members in relation to the Plan. This is likely due to the updated plan being extremely similar to the past plan, with demographic and statical updates. Also, this ordinance amends Sections 380-1 and 380-3 of Chapter 380 of the Municipal Code. These amendments are needed to reference the adoption of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Here are the code text amendments: 380-1 Purpose and intent. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the City of Muskego 2035 Comprehensive Plan as the official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Muskego, as defined by Wisconsin Statutes. The Comprehensive Plan is intended to promote public health, safety, and welfare of the City of Muskego by effectively guiding long-range growth and development within the City of Muskego and its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. The Comprehensive Plan provides goals, objectives, policies, and recommendations for future land use, transportation, housing, economic development, utilities, community facilities, agricultural resources, natural resources, cultural resources, intergovernmental relations, and implementation. Implementation of the Comprehensive Plan is accomplished through other sections of the Muskego Municipal Code, more detailed plans, public investments, private development decisions, intergovernmental cooperation and citizen involvement. 380-3 Adoption of Comprehensive Plan The City of Muskego Comprehensive Plan, adopted by Resolution PC 010-2026 of the Plan Commission and by Ordinance No. 1508 of the Common Council, is the official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Muskego. The above -mentioned Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces all Comprehensive Plans previously adopted by the City of Muskego, except as explicitly provided for in the Comprehensive Plan document or under § 380-6 below. The text, maps, tables, graphics, goals, objectives, policies, and recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan are intended to serve as a guide as the City of Muskego undertakes subsequent actions to implement the plan, except as otherwise provided for under Wisconsin Statutes. STAFF RECOMMENDATION PC 010-2026 Based on the above noted details and the plan itself, City staff is proud to recommend approval of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan to the Plan Commission and the Common Council. This plan will continue to help promote the healthy and positive growth within the City of Muskego 4 r \ - ice Cr�if, 01f wLUSKEGO 2035 Comprehensive Plan The full 2035 Comprehensive Plan Document can be found at the following link — https://www.muskego.wi.gov/2035CompplanDocument There also is a website dedicated to the 2035 Comprehensive Plan and the full process that can be found at the following link - https://www.muskego.wi.gov/Comp2035 THE CITY OF MUSKEGO 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESOLUTION #P.C. 010-2026 RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MUSKEGO AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 380, SECTIONS 380-1 AND 380-3 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO WHEREAS, The Community Development Department recently completed the 2035 Comprehensive Plan, which was an update to the previously adopted 2020 Comprehensive Plan, and WHEREAS, The Plan is a blueprint for Muskego's future growth and it will continue to guide the type, location, and appearance of development in the City over the next 10 years and enhance the community's long-term vision, goals, and objectives with respect to the overall quality of life in Muskego, and WHEREAS, A variety of topics are included in the plan consisting of the following: Housing, Transportation, Utilities/Community Facilities, Agricultural/Natural/Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, and Land Use, and WHEREAS, The City of Muskego Common Council approved a Public Participation Plan for the 2035 Comprehensive Plan on May 15, 2018, and WHEREAS, The City of Muskego held three Community Conversation Public Workshops in 2018, and WHEREAS, In late 2024 and early 2025 the 2035 Comprehensive Plan was offered for public comment and public viewing at Muskego City Hall, at the Muskego Public Library and on a dedicated City website, and WHEREAS, An Open House was held regarding the City of Muskego 2035 Comprehensive Plan on February 11, 2026, and WHEREAS, A Public Hearing was held regarding the City of Muskego 2035 Comprehensive Plan and proposed code amendments on March 10, 2026, and WHEREAS, Chapter 380, Sections 380-1 and 380-3 are being amended to reflect the adoption of the new plan in the Municipal Code. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Plan Commission does hereby recommend approval to the Common Council for the adoption of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Muskego and to Amend Chapter 380, Sections 380-1 and 380-3 of the Municipal Code of the City of Muskego. Plan Commission City of Muskego Adopted: Defeated: Deferred: Introduced: March 11, 2026 ATTEST: Adam Trzebiatowski AICP, Planning Manager