Plan Commission backs CSM to combine three parcels on Darcy and Forest Hill for future subdivision

The Plan Commission recommended that the Common Council approve a certified survey map to combine and reconfigure parcels at 640 East Darcy Drive and 730 and 796 East Forest Hill Avenue, creating two lots and preserving an area identified on the official map for a future road. The motion included the standard condition that technical corrections and compliance with municipal code and Wisconsin statutes be completed before recording.

Staff said the three parcels are zoned RS-3, single-family residential. Under the proposal, the portion of the middle parcel containing the single-family house would become Lot 1, almost 18,000 square feet, and the rear area would become Lot 2, approximately eight acres and shown to contain a future road per the city’s official map. Staff said the applicants indicated an eventual intent to subdivide the larger back lot into single-family lots but had not presented a detailed concept for that future subdivision at this time.

Commissioners asked whether the future road (referred to in the official map) or a specific street extension was proposed at this stage; staff said this CSM is a step in the land-division process and that the applicants have not presented a formal plan to construct or dedicate the future road. One commissioner noted proximity to existing homes (an adjoining house at 800 East Forest Hill) and sought clarity; staff reiterated this CSM is an initial reconfiguration and that further subdivision or road dedication would require additional review. The commission voted to recommend approval with conditions requiring technical corrections prior to recording.

If the Common Council accepts the recommendation and the applicant completes required corrections, the two-lot configuration will be recorded, and any future subdivision of the rear lot would require separate review and approvals.