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Council approves amendment to Elizabeth Residence assisted-living permit to allow expansion
Summary
The Oak Creek Common Council approved a conditional use permit amendment allowing an addition at Elizabeth Residence assisted living at 10441 S. Nicholson Road, including a height increase to 35 feet and a reduced parking ratio of 1:1.
The Oak Creek Common Council on Oct. 7 approved a conditional use permit amendment allowing an addition and site modifications at Elizabeth Residence assisted living community, 10441 S. Nicholson Road.
The council voted to permit an expansion that would increase the new building addition height from the previously restricted 25 feet to 35 feet and reduce the required parking ratio from 1.5 spaces per unit to 1 to 1. Kristy Lane, the city’s community development director, said the facility currently has 14 units in an approximately 11,000-square-foot building and 18 parking spaces; the proposal would add about 24 units in roughly a 20,000-square-foot addition. Lane said the zoning district allows buildings up to 50 feet, and noted the 35-foot request is within that underlying limit.
The expansion plan includes a masonry enclosure for trash on the southeast corner of the site, a rain garden for stormwater management, and landscaping and lighting that have already been reviewed by the Plan Commission, which recommended approval on Aug. 26. Lane said the project meets setback and impervious-surface requirements and that the applicant submitted a landscape and lighting plan as part of the conditional use permit amendment request.
During the public hearing, resident James Santisdale said he lives by the dumpsters and relayed neighbors’ concerns about fencing and the potential for refuse to be blown into yards. Council member Greg (last name not specified in the transcript) noted the applicant will enclose the refuse in a masonry enclosure to reduce refuse blowover and that parking and refuse were discussed extensively at the Plan Commission meeting.
The council adopted Resolution No. 12624-100725 approving the conditional use permit amendment. The motion passed on a roll-call vote; the resolution was approved by the council members present.
The approval modifies conditions set by an earlier permit from February 1985 (identified in meeting materials as ordinance number 1097), specifically the prior height and parking restrictions. No further conditions or implementation deadlines were specified during the council action.
The city did not require additional action for the proclamation earlier on the agenda recognizing White Cane Safety Day; council members noted the ceremonial proclamation but said no council action was required.
