WAUKESHA — The Frequent Council held a public listening to Tuesday on a rezoning petition for a duplex improvement within the southwest nook of Waukesha. 5 residents spoke towards the petition, however the council accepted the rezoning request, saying they didn’t discover adequate cause to disclaim it at this stage.
“I don’t consider we are able to deny rezoning simply because we don’t prefer it or it doesn’t precisely match,” stated Alderman Frank McElderry.
The land in query, roughly 13 acres off Tanglewood Drive close to Rivers Crossing Park, was annexed by town a number of years in the past. When land is annexed into town, it’s assigned as a short lived zoning district (T-1), metropolis employees stated. Developer John Marek requested the land be zoned to RD-2, two-family residential.
The undertaking, which is in early levels, proposed 15 duplexes, each two-story and ranch type, set alongside a non-public drive, that means there may be at the moment just one entry and exit level.
Almost all residents that spoke towards the rezoning stated visitors within the space is dangerous already and this undertaking would make it worse; moreover, there’s a busy faculty bus cease within the space and they’re involved that this improvement can be unsafe for the kids.
“That is an accident ready to occur,” each John Ehlke and Jeff Timm stated.
The Plan Fee was additionally involved about visitors and beneficial that the council deny this rezoning request on the premise that there wasn’t a visitors research completed on the time of their assembly. Since that assembly, the developer sought a visitors research from Visitors Evaluation & Design Inc. (TADI).
The visitors research concluded that the 30 extra models wouldn’t lead to unsafe or inefficient visitors patterns, however neighbors weren’t satisfied there wouldn’t be points since there is just one entry and exit level deliberate.
These models could possibly be owner- or renter-occupied, which the residents have been additionally not keen on.
“Rivers Crossing is a family-oriented neighborhood with single-family properties,” Maryjo Foss stated in a letter to the council for the general public listening to. “This steady push to create extra rental properties, both flats or townhomes, will not be wanted or needed by the Waukesha residents.”
Residents additionally stated the structure and placement of the duplexes are to not the standard they assume fits the world.
“This property doesn’t deserve this type of housing,” stated Carol Majeski, who stated she would like single-family properties.
Marek stated that the renderings are nonetheless in early levels and this improvement would have luxurious models with lease round $2,500 per thirty days, he stated.
“They’re high-end individuals who come lease these locations. It’s not a low-end facility and it’s one thing that’s underserved locally proper now,” Marek stated.
The council stated that there are separate processes to debate extra design and visitors particulars sooner or later.
