PCR2013047RESOLUTION #P.C. 047-2013
APPROVAL OF TAILSPIN SIGN AND LOCATION IN THE SE ¼ OF SECTION 9
(NW CORNER OF PARK DRIVE & JANESVILLE ROAD)
WHEREAS, The City of Muskego has been working in cooperation with the Muskego Historical
Society on determining a permanent location for the historic Tailspin Rollercoaster Sign, and
WHEREAS, The Muskego Historical Society has been restoring the Tailspin Sign over the past
two years with volunteer efforts, and
WHEREAS, The sign is on its last phase of restoration just requiring neon tubing and other
various bulb lighting to be added, and
WHEREAS, Community Development Department staff and the Muskego Historical Society have
found that the NW corner of Park Drive and Janesville Road may be an appropriate location for
the sign, and
WHEREAS, The proposed location is now a site of a new stormwater pond as a result of the
Janesville Road Phase II construction project and as part of the project this corner is to have
decorative fencing and a well landscaped corner, and
WHEREAS, The proposed location will allow the approximate 18’x9’ sign to be erected behind
and above the decorative fencing while allowing the area in front of the decorative fence to be
landscaped with additional historic signs denoting the historic events in the general area, and
WHEREAS, The sign is to be illuminated at night on the front of the sign facing the road right -of-
way and there is to be no lighting on the rear of the sign.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Plan Commission approves of the Tailspin sign, site
plan, and location on the NW corner of Park Drive and Janesville Road located in the SE ¼ of
Section 9.
Plan Commission
City of Muskego
Adopted: October 1, 2013
Defeated:
Deferred:
Introduced: October 1, 2013
ATTEST: Kellie McMullen, Recording Secretary