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Plan Commission approves outdoor storage area, zoning overlay for 2750 Vinland Street
Summary
The City of Oshkosh Plan Commission voted unanimously to approve a zone change and general development plan to allow a roughly 3-acre outdoor gravel storage area at 2750 Vinland Street, with screening, landscaping, and stormwater conditions added for review at the site plan stage.
The City of Oshkosh Plan Commission on Wednesday approved a zone change and general development plan to allow an outdoor storage area at 2750 Vinland Street.
Planning staff told the commission the subject site is a 38-acre parcel at the southeast corner of Industrial Avenue and Vinland Street with multiple industrial buildings. Staff described a request to add a plan development overlay to the heavy industrial zoning to permit construction of an approximately 3-acre gravel outdoor storage area behind the easternmost building and said the overlay will allow additional review for compatibility with nearby residential properties.
The staff presentation noted outdoor storage is a conditional use in the heavy industrial district and described required screening, fencing and stormwater compliance. Staff said screening will be required where the outdoor storage abuts residentially zoned properties, that the applicant proposes an 8-foot, roughly 90% opaque fence along the south side of the storage area, a 6-foot chain-link fence along the east side that will need a base standard modification (BSM), and that the Department of Public Works requires final plans to meet Municipal Code chapter 14 for stormwater management. Staff recommended approval with the conditions in the staff report.
Joel Erfirth, civil engineer with Mach 4 Engineering, spoke for the applicant and said, "I think she summed it up pretty well. We're basically requesting modification to the zoning, and basically, like a conditional use to allow [an] outdoor storage area and expand an area that's currently there." He told the commission the applicant anticipates addressing items listed in the staff report during site plan review and that the storage area is adjacent to a large stormwater pond and will be screened by the time construction is complete.
Commissioners asked no technical questions at the hearing. The commission voted to adopt the staff findings and recommendations; the motion carried 7–0 (Mister Bowen: yes; Miss Prowl: yes; Mister Rucker: yes; Mister Valdell: yes; Miss Davey: yes; Mister Lowenstein: yes; Vice Chair Keefer: yes).
Planning staff and the applicant indicated final approvals for fencing, lighting photometrics, signage, and landscaping points will be verified during the subsequent site plan (SIP) review. The applicant is required to meet yard landscaping and buffer yard requirements or request BSMs during that SIP review.
The approval allows the plan development overlay and general development plan to move forward; the SIP review will address detailed design, final stormwater compliance, and any required modifications or variances.
