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Plan Commission declines recommendation on Pettit Properties rezoning after neighbor concerns
Summary
Pettit Properties sought to rezone a mobile-home site on North Michigan Road to high-density residential (R-32) for duplex development; residents raised tree removal, flooding and access concerns and the commission issued no recommendation to City Council.
The Madison City Planning Commission on Wednesday voted to give no recommendation on a rezoning application from Pettit Properties LLC that would change a parcel on North Michigan Road from residential mobile-home zoning to high-density residential (R-32).
The applicant sought the change after determining the originally requested R-4 (low-density residential) would not permit the density the developer needs. The Planning Department staff told the commission the request had been amended from R-4 to R-32.
Neighbors who live adjacent to the 8-acre site asked about tree removal, the number of dwelling units, access and drainage. “Are the woods going away?” asked Sheila Rachel, who lives at 3483 North Michigan. Shirley Bean of 3430 North Quail asked about wildlife and a creek behind her property that floods and whether trees would be cut, saying, “Are you telling me that those trees are gonna be cut down?”
An unnamed applicant representative described the plan as duplex development similar to other duplexes the company built on Michigan Road and said the units would be rental properties. The representative said the developer might leave some trees sporadically across the site but would not commit to a specific tree buffer until a site plan was finalized.
Commissioners discussed the amendment and residents’ concerns and ultimately moved that the commission provide no recommendation on the application to City Council. The motion passed in roll call with affirmative votes from commissioners present.
What happens next: The Planning Commission’s no-recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action on the rezoning request.
