HomePath Financial and its Stepping Stone Homes division presented a conceptual site plan Jan. 13 for an 88.3‑acre residential project at the northeast corner of County Line Road (County Q) and Landon Road (County Y). The concept shows 283 dwelling units in a mix of single‑family detached “flagship” homes, pathway homes, attached ranch villas and row homes, with about 32 percent of the site preserved as open space.

Ken Frank, director of acquisitions and development for HomePath, said the company would likely build the units but might change plans depending on market conditions. Planner Joe Mashek of BSP Design described a layout that places larger lots and tree preservation along the Lannon Road frontage, with progressively higher densities toward the interior and south edges to provide a transition to nearby commercial and business park areas. The applicant described two primary access points on County Line Road and one on Lannon Road, on‑site detention basins and a centrally located park.

Sales manager Jennifer Bodie provided preliminary price and rent ranges presented as product examples: flagship homes starting in the mid‑$500,000s, pathway homes in the low‑$400,000s, ranch villas from about $525,000 and three‑story row homes with prices shown in the mid‑$300,000s. The applicant also said some units could be held and operated as rentals, and noted its property‑management arm currently manages roughly 600 rental units elsewhere in Wisconsin.

Commissioners and trustees asked for additional technical studies and broader neighborhood outreach before the village invested in detailed engineering. Questions raised included sewer and water extension plans, phasing, school‑impact estimates, traffic analysis updates, emergency access and visitor parking for row homes, and whether a mix limit could be negotiated to reduce rental concentration. Staff said the site is designated in the Village’s 2050 Plan as part of the “Land and Gateway” neighborhood and that a plan development district would likely be required if the proposal advances; staff also recommended a neighborhood‑scale planning process and updated traffic and school impact analyses.

Several residents from surrounding subdivisions attended the hearing and raised concerns about stormwater runoff and drainage, traffic volumes and safety on County Line and Lannon roads, wildlife and wetland impacts, bedrock and grading constraints, and the scale and density of the proposal relative to existing one‑acre lots in the area. Residents asked for formal neighborhood meetings and more detailed, written analyses of school children estimates and traffic impacts.

Commissioners said the concept appears broadly consistent with the 2050 Plan’s Land and Gateway neighborhood but emphasized that the applicant should hold neighborhood meetings and supply updated technical reports — especially a traffic study calibrated to the project — before the commission takes any formal zoning or plan development requests.