Brown Deer trustees consider zoning change to allow adult day care in B‑3/B‑4 districts

The Brown Deer Board of Trustees considered an ordinance to allow adult day-care facilities as a permitted use in the village’s B‑3 and B‑4 commercial zoning districts, a change planning staff recommended after the Plan Commission forwarded the item with a majority recommendation.

Why it matters: the change would let adult day-care businesses seek licensing and occupancy without first obtaining a conditional‑use permit, potentially speeding openings by applicants who meet state licensing and local occupancy requirements.

Planning staff described one pending application from "Miss Winarda Milborne" (transcript spelling) to occupy a lower‑level office space at 5050 West Brown Road east of Taco, serving adults 18 and over with up to 24 participants and up to four employees. "She does wanna occupy a lower level, with up to 24 adults 18 and over, and up to 4 employees," the planning staff said. The space described is about 1,200…