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Hortonville trustees approve rezoning of two parcels to downtown district; one member abstains
Summary
The Village Board approved a planning commission recommendation to rezone two parcels from C-1 General Commercial to D Downtown zoning district to make properties eligible for a village grant program; the motion passed with one abstention.
The Village of Hortonville Board of Trustees voted Aug. 21 to rezone two parcels (parcel IDs discussed in the packet) from C-1 General Commercial to the D Downtown zoning district following a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Administrator Nathan reported that Planning and Zoning held a public hearing where several nearby business owners and a neighboring homeowner attended. Concerns raised at the hearing focused on allowable uses in the downtown district versus C-1 and whether certain businesses (for example, auto sales/auto shop uses) would be permitted. Nathan said downtown zoning imposes more restrictions; certain uses allowed as-of-right in C-1 would require a conditional-use permit in the downtown district.
Nathan and staff told trustees rezoning would allow the landowner to apply for a village grant administered through the WEDC (Village Economic Development Committee) and that the parcel sits adjacent to existing downtown parcels and a planned trail and stream improvements. Trustees discussed the pros and cons of expanding the downtown district and the risks of spot zoning; staff noted contiguous expansion is typical practice when rezoning.
Trustee motioned and the board approved the rezoning; the roll-call vote was recorded as carried with one trustee abstaining (the abstention was recorded as due to absence from a prior meeting). No individual roll-call votes were named in the transcript.
Staff indicated no immediate additional zoning text changes were planned, but said future broader code updates could revisit district boundaries and permitted uses. The board asked staff to continue monitoring downtown expansion issues as reconstruction and other downtown projects move forward.
