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Council holds first reading on comprehensive-plan amendments for Hillcrest, rec center and industrial parcels
Summary
The Waupaca Common Council on Sept. 16 held a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance to amend the city's 2030 comprehensive plan, proposing three separate map changes: reclassifying the property at 660 Hillcrest Drive for a proposed AutoZone; designating two School Street parcels for the rec center; and designating parcels south of Highway 10 for industrial use.
The Waupaca Common Council on Sept. 16 held a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance to amend the city's 2030 comprehensive plan, proposing three separate map changes: reclassifying the property at 660 Hillcrest Drive and an adjacent parcel to accommodate a proposed AutoZone; designating 407 and 415 School Street as civic/institutional to allow merging the rec center parcels; and designating three unaddressed parcels south of U.S. Highway 10 and east of County Highway A for industrial use based on a feasibility study commissioned earlier this year.
Juliana Stowes, the city's community and economic development director, told the council the Hillcrest change would align the plan with a site plan and a certified survey map filed by the project applicant; she said the rec center parcels already have an approved certified survey map and the zoning change would allow those lots to merge. Juliana said the recommendation to designate the Highway 10 area for industrial use came from New Day Planning's feasibility study commissioned by the city.
The hearing drew no public testimony for or against the comprehensive-plan amendments. Because these are legislative map amendments, council members held a first reading only; council does not vote on ordinances at first reading and will take formal action at the next council meeting. Juliana and staff noted that the AutoZone site plan approval was contingent on the plan amendment and a subsequent zoning change.
Why it matters: changing the future land-use map is the step that allows the city to rezone properties and register certified survey maps to merge parcels. If adopted at second reading, the Hillcrest change would permit a retail use the applicant has proposed; the rec center classification would permit consolidation of two city-owned parcels for the recreation project; the Highway 10 change would create capacity for industrial development in that portion of the corporate limits.
The ordinance will return to the council for a second reading and final action at the next scheduled meeting on Oct. 7, 2025.
