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Marshfield planning commission approves personal greenhouse and 8‑foot fence for two adjacent lots on West Kalshed Street
Summary
The City of Marshfield Planning Commission voted 4-0 to grant a conditional use permit allowing Everett Mueller to build a 192‑square‑foot personal greenhouse and an 8‑foot fence at 202 and 204 West Kalshed Street, with conditions including combining the lots or recording a deed restriction with Wood County before permits are issued.
The City of Marshfield Planning Commission on June 17 approved a conditional use permit allowing Everett Mueller to install a personal greenhouse and an 8‑foot fence across two adjacent lots at 202 and 204 West Kalshed Street (parcels 33‑038038 and 33‑03807). The commission voted 4‑0 on the motion.
The permit authorizes a fourth detached accessory structure — a roughly 192‑square‑foot greenhouse under 10 feet tall on a concrete slab with electrical service — and a solid fence no taller than 8 feet as shown on the submitted site plan. Staff said the greenhouse and associated garden beds would remain under the zoning district’s overall accessory‑space allowance of 1,200 square feet.
Planner Bress Hamburg summarized the request, saying the applicant owns two separate lots and intends to keep them as separate legal parcels. Hamburg told the commission the code normally limits residential properties to two detached accessory structures and that the conditional use process is required when a property would exceed that number. He recommended the commission consider conditions that address lot configuration, fence location and minor plan changes.
The commission approved the permit with conditions requiring that, before issuance of a building or fence permit, the subject parcels be either combined via a certified survey map or subject to a recorded deed restriction with Wood County; that the fence be located entirely on the subject parcel and not encroach on the public right of way or adjacent properties; that the greenhouse be used only as a personal greenhouse; and that minor site plan changes that would not create code noncompliance may be approved administratively.
The applicant was not present at the hearing; the record included a narrative submitted with the application. Commissioners asked no substantive questions during the public hearing and no members of the public spoke. The commission’s roll call recorded Commissioner Frederick, Commissioner Bernardi, Council member O’Reilly and the mayor as voting “yes.”
Next steps for the applicant are to complete either the certified survey map or the deed‑restriction recording with Wood County before applying for building or fence permits. Staff will verify setbacks and fence placement as part of the permit review.
