The Site Plan Review Committee on July 15 voted to table a resubmitted site plan for a Bigby Coffee drive‑thru at the northwest corner of West Main Avenue (County Highway GF) and Spirit Way after committee members raised traffic and access concerns. Engineering staff recommended a traffic study of the Spirit Way/West Main intersection before final approval; staff noted that the county highway authority previously denied access from West Main Avenue, prompting the applicant to relocate driveway access to Spirit Way.

Aaron, the village staff presenter, said the resubmitted plan shows driveway access off Spirit Way about 135 feet north of the West Main intersection with a bidirectional driveway that loops around the building for the drive‑thru and provides parking on the south side of the building. The staff report listed performance standards met by the proposal but also recommended several conditions and best practices: lap siding limited to no more than 25% of any one elevation, screening of rooftop and ground‑mounted mechanical units, a lighting plan with cut sheets to ensure light spillage does not exceed 0.5 foot‑candles at property lines, relocation or deepening of shallow utilities in the Spirit Way right‑of‑way at the developer’s cost, and minimum internal landscape island sizing and plantings recommended by the Village Forester. Forestry staff also recommended substituting October Glory red maple with species better suited to alkaline soils (examples: Accolade Elm, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Japanese Tree Lilac, State Street Maple). Bike and Ped staff again recommended bicycle parking meeting the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals’ design standards as a best practice.

Engineering recommended a traffic study for the Spirit Way/West Main intersection prior to final site plan approval. Several committee members described the intersection as heavily used by trucks and commercial traffic and discussed a planned future extension of Spirit Way that could create a four‑way intersection, but noted the county (Brown County Highway) would lead long‑term changes. Joel, a village staff member, said, "I think it's certainly reasonable for the site plan committee ... to table action on this item" to allow further review; he added that tabling would allow staff to review code and to discuss possible agreements with the developer if a traffic study indicated negative impacts. After a motion to table (a committee member moved to table pending additional information), the committee seconded the motion and voted to table the item until the next site plan meeting (anticipated in about two weeks).

The developer had originally proposed access from West Main Avenue, but Aaron said that access was not approved by Brown County Highway, so the applicant resubmitted access from Spirit Way. Staff emphasized that while the traffic study is recommended by Engineering, it is not a mandatory condition under current village code and therefore cannot be strictly required as a condition of approval; staff said the committee could table the matter to pursue additional review and possible developer commitments. The tabling pauses final action until staff returns with more information to the next site plan meeting.