Plan Commission Meetings and Agendas

Plan Commission Meeting
November 9, 2023 – 6:00 pm
Village Hall
235 Hickory Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072

1. Call to Order and Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance, & Moment of Silence

President Knutson called the meeting to order at approximately 6:00 p.m.
Plan Commission members present: Comm. Mark Grabowski; Comm. Theresa Hoff; Comm. Cheryl Mantz; Comm. Brian Belt; Comm. Ryan Lange; Trustee Craig Roberts; and President Jeff Knutson.

Also present: Village Planner, Mary Censky; Village Attorney, Matt Gralinski; Village Administrator, Scott Gosse, and Village Clerk Casandra Smith.

2. Public Hearings –
a. Conditional Use Grant request of applicant Matthew Backhaus, d/b/a Streetworks, to add the accessory use ‘vehicle sales/display’ to his existing automobile service facility use located at 600 Hickory Street.  This 1.88-acre, B-5 Light Industrial zoned property, is owned by Road Runner Venture LLC. - No comments made.

b. Conditional Use Grant request of Village of Pewaukee, in c/o Christopher Epstein of Ruekert & Mielke, Inc., to add a utility building next door to the existing Well #4 Pump Station building located along College Avenue on the Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Campus at 800 Main Street.  This IPS Institutional & Public Service zoned campus is owned by WCTC. - No comments made.

3. Citizen comments – None.

4. Approval of the Minutes –
a. Regular Plan Commission Meeting – October 12, 2023.
Comm. Belt motioned/seconded by Comm. Grabowski to approve the October 12, 2023, Regular Plan Commission minutes as presented.
Motion carried 6-0-1. Comm. Lange abstained.

5. Old Business – None.

6. New Business
a. Review, discussion, and possible action on the Conditional Use Grant request of Village of Pewaukee, in c/o Christopher Epstein of Ruekert & Mielke, Inc., to add a utility building next door to the existing Well #4 Pump Station building located along College Avenue on the Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Campus at 800 Main Street. This IPS Institutional & Public Service zoned campus is owned by WCTC.
Administrator Gosse stated that the items in Tim Barbeau’s memo have been addressed.
Comm. Mantz motioned/seconded by Trustee Roberts to approve per the Conditional Use Grant request of Village of Pewaukee, in c/o Christopher Epstein of Ruekert & Mielke, Inc., to add a utility building next door to the existing Well #4 Pump Station building located along College Avenue on the Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Campus at 800 Main Street per Village Planner and Village Engineer recommendations.
Village Planner Recommendations:
1. Final exterior building and door colors to be presented for Village Staff review and approval prior to issuance of the building permit for this project.
2. Final landscaping plan, to include at least three pine trees (not less than 6’ tall, balled, burlapped and staked at planting) to be planted along the west/south side/corner of the building within 12 months of completion, such plan being subject to review and approval by Village Staff prior to installation/placement of the plants at this site.
3. Final exterior lighting plan to be presented for Village Staff review and approval prior installation of exterior lights in support of the new building.
Village Engineer Recommendations:
1. Correction of the contour line labels south of the proposed building.
2. Design engineer procuring the proper permits for construction through the wetlands.
3. Provision and acceptance of Sheet C002, which includes details.
Motion carried 7-0.

b. Review, discussion, and possible action on the Conditional Use Grant request of applicant Matthew Backhaus, d/b/a Streetworks, to add the accessory use ‘vehicle sales/display’ to his existing automobile service facility use located at 600 Hickory Street.  This 1.88-acre, B-5 Light Industrial zoned property, is owned by Road Runner Venture LLC.
Administrator Gosse explained that this Conditional Use Grant was to update the existing Conditional Use Grant to allow for the business to add the vehicle/sales/display use.
Comm. Hoff motioned/seconded by Comm. Belt to approve the Conditional Use Grant request of applicant Matthew Backhaus, d/b/a Streetworks, to add the accessory use ‘vehicle sales/display’ to his existing automobile service facility use located at 600 Hickory Street with the Village Planner’s recommendations as presented.
Village Planner Recommendations:
1. Only the following described vehicle types may be parked or displayed for sale in these identified spaces:
     a. ‘Regular Automobiles’ defined as autos, including vans and sport utility vehicles, when more than 50% of the internal capacity is dedicated       to seating, and eligible to licensed bythe State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) as a ‘Regular Automobile’, ‘Light Trucks’           defined as a motor truck with original manufacturers design features intended to facilitate carrying cargo and pulling loads and eligible to be       licensed by WDOT as a ‘Light Truck’, and ‘Motorcycles’ defined as two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-         style seat, having a gross vehicle weight of less than 1,500 pounds and eligible to be licensed by WDOT as a ‘Motor Cycle’ or ‘Moped’.
2. Vehicles may only be parked/displayed for sale in these identified outdoor spaces during actual ‘open for business’ hours of the Streetworks Exotics principal use at this site.
3. Vehicles parked or displayed for sale, may not be parked or displayed anywhere else on this site except in he specifically identified spaces.
4. In the event the principal automotive service use at this site ‘StreetWorks Exotics restoration and preservation of classic vehicles including related manufacturing, assembly, and fabrication thereof’ shall cease operations at this site, this subordinate and accessory use permission for vehicle sales/display shall, concurrently, become void.
5. Full execution of the Conditional Use Grant document and related Land Covenant prior to start of the vehicle parking display for sale use in the identified spaces.
Motion carried 7-0.

c. Review, discussion, and possible action on the Sign Code waiver request of Jim Himmelstein of Signarama Menomonee Falls, to install an oversized wall mounted front façade sign for tenant Amy Kohl d/b/a We Rock the Spectrum, at 690 Westfield Way-Suite F.  This 4.4-acre, B-1 Community Business zoned property is owned by 690 Westfield Way LLC.
Planner Censky stated that the proposed signage is 172 square feet and the code allows 30 square feet maximum.  This sign measures especially large because it is multiple parts that spread into a large regular polygon but with a lot of open space between the elements.  The scale of the wall appears able to handle the scale of this sign.  Due to the setback on Westfield Way there have been other signs at this site allowed to be larger than normally permitted by Code.
Comm. Grabowski motioned/seconded by Comm. Lange to approve the Sign Code waiver request of Jim Himmelstein of Signarama Menomonee Falls, to install an oversized wall mounted front façade sign for tenant Amy Kohl d/b/a We Rock the Spectrum, at 690 Westfield Way-Suite FVillage Planner’s recommendations as presented.
Village Planner Recommandations:
1. Applicant to secure all necessary permits, such as but not limited to Sign Permit, Electrical Permit,… prior to placement/installation at the site.
Motion carried 7-0.

7. Citizen Comments – None.

8. Adjournment -
Trustee Mantz motioned/seconded by Comm. Hoff to adjourn the November 9, 2023, Regular Plan Commission meeting at approximately 6:10 p.m.
Motion carried 7-0.

Respectfully submitted,

Casandra Smith
Village Clerk