The Ashwaubenon Site Plan Review Committee on July 15 approved a site plan for a proposed DBAT indoor baseball training facility at 1601 West Main Avenue with conditions recommended by village staff. The motion to approve with staff conditions carried.

The facility will be built on a currently vacant lot that was part of the former Ameriprise building in the business park and the proposed building footprint is “a little over 13,000 square feet,” according to the staff presentation. The building will front Laden Drive with West Main Avenue to the north and will include a parking lot with cross‑parking access easements to the south.

Village staff recommended multiple conditions of approval designed to ensure code compliance and limit offsite impacts. Those conditions include requiring fully concealed fasteners for exterior metal wall panels, screening any rooftop or ground‑mounted mechanical equipment visible from property lines or the public right of way, submittal and approval of a lighting plan by the Community Development Department, and locating ADA parking on the shortest accessible route from adjacent parking to an accessible entrance. The staff report also notes that indoor athletic facilities in the business park must meet certain code criteria, primarily because such facilities require high ceilings.

The Village Engineer has been working with Robert E. Lee and Associates, the project engineering firm, on utility connections; engineering staff recommended evaluating installing the sanitary lateral with the new water lateral on Leighton Drive rather than West Main Avenue. The staff report also said disturbance is less than one acre and noted proximity to the airport with bioretention guidance; there were no comments from Public Safety. The Village Forester has the submitted landscape plan under review but had not issued a final approval. Staff also noted a bike‑and‑pedestrian recommendation to provide bicycle parking that meets the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals’ standards; that recommendation was listed as a best practice rather than a code requirement.

At the meeting, a village staff member summarized the report and said, “The staff report does identify how the proposed baseball training facility does meet those criteria, primarily due to the need for high ceilings for such facility.” After a motion to approve with the listed staff conditions and a second, the committee voted in favor and the motion carried.

The committee’s approval was conditional on the items listed in the staff report; the developer and project engineers remain responsible for meeting all applicable requirements of the Ashwaubenon site plan review ordinance and other village ordinances as construction proceeds.