Delafield planners pause push for strict impervious-surface limits; ask staff for targeted analysis

Delafield City Plan Commission members on May 28 discussed new limits on impervious surface near lakefront properties but did not send an ordinance to public hearing, instead asking staff and Lake Welfare Committee members for a more targeted analysis.

The commission reviewed a proposal from the Lake Welfare Committee that would have set a higher minimum standard for maximum impervious coverage on lake lots (the committee had discussed a 60 percent threshold in prior meetings). City planner Amy Barrows told the commission the draft language as…