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Plan Commission approves outdoor storage area, zoning overlay at 3200 North Main Street
Summary
On June 17, 2025 the City of Oshkosh Plan Commission approved a rezone to Heavy Industrial with a planned development overlay and site approvals to allow an approximately 11,000-square-foot outdoor storage area at 3200 North Main Street; the commission approved setback and fencing variances conditioned on additional landscaping and maintenance.
The City of Oshkosh Plan Commission on June 17 approved a zone change to Heavy Industrial (HI) with a planned development overlay and associated site plans to allow an outdoor storage area at 3200 North Main Street, owner Airflow LLC, applicant Cornerstone 1 LLC. The motion passed on a roll-call vote, 8-0.
Staff said the property contains a 10,800-square-foot industrial building and that the applicant proposes an approximately 11,000-square-foot outdoor storage area on the building's south side, to store HVAC units, trailers, equipment, scrap metal and refuse containers. The plan includes about 3,000 square feet of additional pavement to the south of the existing parking area.
The application required several variances, which staff called “BSM” requests in the record, including (1) a reduced front-yard setback from the code-required 30 feet to 15 feet along East Fernald Avenue; (2) a reduced side-yard setback of 4 feet from the east property line where code requires 20 feet; and (3) a request to allow an 8-foot chain-link fence with privacy slats in the front yard. Staff noted the proposed fence exceeds the front-yard maximum height of 4 feet and exceeds the code opacity limit of 50 percent for front-yard fencing.
Staff recommended approval, saying site constraints—including the corner-lot configuration and an existing stormwater pond on the north side of the site—limited the ability to meet strict setback requirements. As mitigation, the applicant will install a row of evergreen plantings along East Fernald Avenue; staff recorded that the proposed 15 trees produce 381 landscaping points, exceeding the code requirement of 110 points for yard landscaping related to outdoor storage.
Applicant Steve Adkins said stormwater management remains an outstanding technical item. “I think that is probably the last hurdle for me to get over,” Adkins said, adding he was unsure of the proper venue to resolve stormwater details. A staff member replied that land-use approval is the step before council action and that stormwater utility requirements and related engineering would be addressed in subsequent permit reviews.
The commission approved staff findings and recommendations by motion and second. The record shows an 8-0 vote in favor; planning staff noted that approved landscaping must be maintained in perpetuity as a condition of the approval.
Next steps: the approval on June 17 grants the land-use approvals the applicant sought before council consideration; stormwater design, BSM permit details and any required construction permits must be resolved before full site work begins.
