The Village of Ashwaubenon Site Plan Review Committee on Sept. 2 approved an amendment to the planned unit development (PUD) for the property at 460 Marina Lane, the site surrounding the Residence Inn. The committee approved the revised plan by voice vote, subject to staff conditions addressing materials, sidewalks, stormwater, utilities and fencing.

Aaron, a staff member who presented the application, said the property is zoned B3, community business, with a PUD overlay. He described the revision as retaining the previously approved community‑based residential facility (a single‑story memory care CBRF) and the six townhomes along the riverfront, while replacing one large senior apartment building with two three‑story apartment buildings that are “no longer restricted to senior living.” Aaron also presented renderings, landscape and lighting plans and said the project has an open environmental case and an approved DNR Voluntary Party Liability Exemption; the applicant is working with a qualified environmental consultant to remain in compliance.

Key staff conditions read into the record include: require conventional or rolled curbing for all parking areas and landscape islands; screen any rooftop or ground‑mounted mechanical units visible from property boundaries or South Broadway or Marina Lane rights of way; replace the proposed vinyl siding on the CBRF, apartment buildings and garages with an allowable exterior cladding (applicant indicated engineered wood and board‑and‑batten would replace lap vinyl); limit lap siding to no more than 25% of the surface area of any one elevation; complete stormwater pond maintenance including trash, sediment and vegetation removal; revise grading along the north property line to include a swale so runoff stays on‑site and is treated by the existing storm pond; coordinate two water and two sanitary lateral taps with Al Farber and verify Brown County Highway approval for a curb and median cut on South Broadway; and extend sidewalks from the southerly apartment buildings and amenities area south to Marina Lane and install a sidewalk along Marina Lane from the westerly property line east to the connection with the Ashwaubomay River Trail (staff noted discussions with the applicant were ongoing to clarify responsibilities for those two items).

Aaron and committee members discussed a proposed 8‑foot “separating” fence between residential units and the townhomes; the village code limits residential fences to 6 feet but the committee was advised that an 8‑foot separating fence could be authorized in the PUD ordinance as a relaxation. Committee members asked whether sidewalk extensions would connect to South Broadway; Aaron said extending the path along the river and building a bridge over Dutchman's Creek would be “exceedingly complicated” due to limited right‑of‑way and costs, so the sidewalks proposed would connect internal site paths south to Marina Lane and to the Ashwaubomay River Trail rather than reach Broadway at this time.

An applicant representative identified as Jennifer, who gave her address as 1603 Twin Lakes Circle, explained market considerations for the change: “We just decided to decrease the amount. It was a market driven decision. We've been talking to some realtors and the interest in the condos with the large building, was a lot less. So we just made the change.” Aaron said the larger building had previously been about 129 units and the revised plan shows about 62 units across the two buildings.

The committee approved the PUD amendment with the stated staff conditions by voice vote. The transcript records the motion, a second, and the chair calling for ayes; no roll‑call tally or recorded no votes were reported in the meeting transcript.