Oak Creek approves comprehensive-plan, zoning and subdivision changes for Prairie Wind master development

Oak Creek Common Council on Aug. 27 approved amendments to the city’s 2020 comprehensive plan, an update to the official street map, multiple rezonings, planned-unit-development (PUD) overlays and certified survey maps that together clear the way for a master development on roughly 115 acres along South 20th Street and West Drexel Avenue. The applicants listed on public notices are Mark Lake/OC 27 LLC and Walden OC LLC; developers presenting the project were Matt Maroney of 1 Guard Partners and John Seetman of Seetman Realty.

Why it matters: The approvals reclassify about 87 acres in the northern portion of the site for residential uses and identify the southern 28 acres for commercial use, allow multifamily and attached single-family development and establish a new road alignment (Prairie Wind Boulevard) that connects to IKEA Way. The package included changes to zoning, official mapping and subdivision documents the city required before building permits, plats or site plans can proceed.

The council’s actions - Comprehensive plan: Council approved an amendment to change the land-use designation from “mixed use” to a mix of multifamily, single-family detached and single-family attached for the northern 87 acres, and to commercial for the southern 28 acres. Kristi Lane, the city’s community development director, explained the change was requested because a roughly 15.5-acre third‑party parcel splits the site and prevents a contiguous mixed‑use configuration. - Official map: The council approved removal of portions of the older official street pattern and adoption of the proposed street…