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Council approves amended planned unit development at Ridge/Lombardi after neighbor opposition; amendment lowers impervious surface to 90%
Summary
After extensive public comment about traffic, height, and stormwater, the council approved a planned unit development (PUD) for 1835 Ridge Road and 1820 Frank Street, adopting an amendment to reduce maximum impervious surface from 95% to 90%. The vote was unanimous.
The Green Bay Common Council unanimously approved a planned unit development (PUD) Tuesday for properties at 1835 Ridge Road and 1820 Frank Street, adopting a last-minute amendment that lowers the maximum allowable impervious surface from 95% to 90%.
The decision follows more than an hour of public testimony from residents, the Lombardi Neighborhood Association and the developer’s representative. Neighbors expressed concerns about driveway placement, traffic on Thorndale and Frank streets, building heights (residents said parts would read taller than the advertised 50 feet), loading-dock truck movements, and stormwater runoff from the hilltop site. Several speakers said they support development but asked for a project that better fits neighborhood scale and pedestrian access to Lambeau Field.
Developer counsel Brad Reimer and project representative Tim Keane told the council they had negotiated reductions with city planning staff: building heights were lowered from earlier proposals, the project team had agreed to a 95% maximum impervious surface (and told council they would accept 90%), and county review denied a Lombardi Avenue access that would have shifted traffic away from neighborhood streets. The developer said the Lombardi access was denied by Brown County due to geometric and median constraints along that multi-lane corridor.
Alder Chris Proffitt moved to amend section 2.E.2 of the PUD to change the impervious-surface limit from 95% to 90%. Alder Johnson seconded; the amendment passed without recorded opposition. Proffitt then moved to approve the PUD as amended; the council advanced the item and approved the motion unanimously.
City staff and public-works officials described the stormwater design for the site as a combination of underground storage and infiltration that will control post-development discharge to rates at or below pre-development conditions. Director Brian Grenier told council that, for this redevelopment, the applicant proposes an underground storage system that will route stormwater to an on-site facility, releasing water at a controlled rate and improving water quality.
Council discussion highlighted concessions made since earlier iterations: reduced building heights, added landscape buffers, a five-foot landscape buffer along Frank Street, and traffic-calming measures recommended in the traffic-impact analysis (TI A). Several council members urged continued coordination between the city and Brown County on pedestrian crossings and signal improvements that require county participation.
Ending: The PUD approval is final for the council’s land-use action; related permits and county approvals (for Lombardi access and any county-owned right-of-way modifications) remain subject to separate review.
