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Plan Commission approves expansion of sales‑inventory parking at Kunis Buick GMC with screening, CSM requirement
Summary
The Oak Creek Plan Commission approved plans to add 155 vehicle-storage spaces at Kunis Buick GMC, with conditions requiring a certified survey map (CSM) to be recorded before permit applications and limits on use, landscape screening and lighting controls.
The Oak Creek Plan Commission on Oct. 28 approved site and related plans to expand the sales‑inventory parking lot for Kunis Buick GMC, an existing dealership at 7020 South 27th Street and a Rawson Avenue parcel. The approval includes conditions that a certified survey map combining the Rawson parcel with the dealership property must be recorded before permit submissions and that the new 155 spaces be used only for storage of in‑stock vehicles.
Todd, a city staff member who presented the proposal, said the expansion would add 155 storage spaces — bringing on‑site storage to 287 spaces — and would add just under 48,000 square feet of impervious surface. He said the expansion does not encroach on wetlands and avoids an official‑map road reservation. The plan calls for interior parking landscaping, a perimeter planting strip of 3–5‑foot shrubs along Rawson Avenue, a 5– to 7.5‑foot berm adjacent to Rawson for visual screening, and a continuation of an existing 6‑foot wood fence along the eastern property line to screen the adjacent residential lots.
The staff presentation said lighting for the expanded lot would use 17 pole‑mounted fixtures (14 new and three relocated), at about 22 feet in height, fully shielded and directed downward; staff noted the design limits light trespass to no more than 0.5 foot‑candles at the property line. The applicant also proposed interior islands and medians with trees and shrubs to meet interior‑parking landscaping requirements.
Commissioners asked few questions and generally commended the added landscaping and the fence extension for neighbors. No members of the public spoke on the item. The motion to approve included four conditions on the record: (1) all relevant code requirements and conditions remain in effect; (2) a certified survey map combining 2420 West Rawson Avenue with 7020 South 27th Street must be recorded prior to permit application (staff noted the transcript uses both “2420” and “20420” West Rawson; the parcel number/address to be used for recording should be confirmed with the applicant); (3) the 155 additional spaces are limited to storage of in‑stock vehicles for sale; and (4) the approval expires 12 months after the date of approval if a building permit has not been issued. The commission approved the motion on roll call.
