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Plan Commission approves rezoning of 18 acres near Hwy. 45 and County NN; staff cites TIF-backed road improvements
Summary
The Plan Commission approved a comprehensive-plan and zoning change that reclassifies about 18 acres north of County Trunk Highway NN and west of U.S. Highway 45 from business park (M3) to single-family residential (RS4). The city noted tax-increment financing and a future 18th Street upgrade as part of the area’s redevelopment plan.
The West Bend Plan Commission voted on Jan. 7, 2025, to amend the comprehensive plan and rezone roughly 18 acres of land north of County Trunk Highway NN and west of U.S. Highway 45 from M3 Plan Business Park to RS4 Single Family Residential.
City staff told the commission the change is intended to make the land use consistent with earlier decisions in the area and reflected a lower market demand for a business park at that location. Jim (city staff) told the commission that staff recommended approval of both the land-use and zoning amendments.
During the public hearing Wendy Brown, who works in the nearby industrial park on Continental Drive, urged commissioners to consider traffic impacts along 18th Avenue and at the Paradise crossing. Jim said the city has included improvements to 18th Avenue from Paradise to NN as part of a tax-increment financing (TIF) project plan that was on the City Council agenda; he said those improvements would likely occur years out and would be coordinated with development and funding from the TIF plan.
The commission approved the land-use and zoning changes by voice vote. Staff said the rezoning mirrors changes recently approved to the west and would extend single-family zoning eastward.
What happens next: The approved rezoning allows single-family development consistent with the RS4 designation. Staff indicated that 18th Avenue improvements are anticipated to be funded through the project plan if development and TIF timing permit; no firm timetable was given.
