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Plan commission approves State Bank of the Lakes site plan in Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood
Summary
The City Plan Commission granted site-plan and architectural approval for a 2,753-square-foot State Bank of the Lakes branch with a drive-through in the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, subject to standard conditions in the staff report.
The Kenosha City Plan Commission approved Thursday a site plan and architectural review for a 2,753-square-foot State Bank of the Lakes building with a drive-through at the southeast corner of 50 Second Street and 20 Eighth Avenue in the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood.
City planning staff said the site is in the Kenosha Innovative Neighborhood District (B-6) and that plans were reviewed under the district—s design standards; staff recommended approval subject to conditions included in the staff report. The project had previously gone through the Innovation Neighborhood architectural review and was before the commission for final action.
Speakers at the meeting included city officials and several commissioners who praised the design. One commissioner called the drawings "beautiful" and said the project fits with the innovation center. A member of the public, Olga Malski, said she was "delighted" the development is moving forward and characterized it as a positive step in reusing former industrial property.
During the discussion staff and the mayor thanked State Bank of the Lakes and its architects for bringing a private development to the city-owned Innovation Neighborhood site. Staff explained the city-created zoning category for the innovation district and said the city will ground-lease parcels to a 501(c)(3) entity (referred to during the meeting as "KIN") and then sublease to end users; certified survey maps will be prepared for each parcel as development proceeds.
A motion to approve the site plan and architectural review, subject to conditions in the staff report, passed by voice vote with the chair voting aye; no opposed votes were recorded on the transcript.
Staff said the approval is intended to support the first private development in the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood and that project-specific certified survey maps and ground lease terms will follow the commission—s action.
