Site Plan Approved for Redeau Homes Office, With County driveway permit required

The Site Plan Review Committee on Aug. 6 approved a site plan for a new office building, attached garage and expanded parking at 2575 South Broadway for RH Opportunity Fund LLC (Redeau Homes), subject to several conditions including obtaining a driveway access permit from Brown County before any driveway cut. Aaron, planning staff, told the committee the proposed new office would sit on the north side of the lot and would be about 8,700 square feet with attached shop space. He said the plan adds two dry retention/landscape ponds, expanded parking north of the site and follows the General Alden Station area exterior materials, including board-and-batten siding. The nut of the committee’s action was to approve the project with conditions intended to address access, landscaping and site standards. Aaron listed recommended conditions of approval including obtaining a driveway access permit from Brown County Highway before installing the driveway, screening rooftop and ground-mounted mechanical equipment visible from property boundaries or South Broadway right-of-way, meeting all Ashwaubenon Site Plan Review and other applicable village ordinances, and submitting a detailed landscaping plan and planting schedule for village forester review and approval. During discussion, a committee member asked whether the proposed garage and curb cut would be long enough to allow a semi to back in without blocking the street; Aaron said it would. Ryan Redu, the applicant, said semitrailer deliveries would be infrequent but possible for flooring deliveries and that he had previously obtained a curb-cut permit from Brown County, though he was not sure whether it remained valid. The committee also noted there had been some inconsistencies between Brown County and Ashwaubenon curb-cut width rules; Redu said he had requested the Ashwaubenon standard and said Brown County had been amenable. Aaron confirmed that new parking and driveways will have curb (conventional, curb pan or rolled) and that the property will have no parking-lot overhead lights, so cut-sheets for light fixtures were not required. Formal action: a motion and second were made to approve the site plan request for RH Opportunity Fund LLC (Redeau Homes) at 2575 South Broadway with the stated conditions; the motion carried. The committee did not identify the mover or seconder on the record. The committee’s approval is limited to the site plan review and its conditions; the Brown County driveway permit remains a prerequisite before the driveway cut is installed, and the landscaping plan remains subject to village forester approval.