Plan Commission recommends Marchstone Phase 1 final plat, approves rezones and waivers amid debate over parkland fees and traffic

The Village of Cross Plains Plan Commission on Nov. 3 recommended that the Village Board approve the Marchstone Phase 1 final plat (submitted by JEKY LLC) and associated zoning and waiver requests. The commission voted, by separate motions, to recommend rezoning groups of lots to DR6 and SR5, to approve a plan-development overlay allowing a reduction in a street-side setback from 25 to 13 feet for 11 corner lots, to zone specified stormwater outlots as conservancy and certain future-development outlots as Rural Holding 35, and to recommend two waivers tied to the final plat (a waiver to permit lots smaller than 9,600 square feet and a waiver to allow payment-in-lieu for parkland dedication). The commission also recommended approval of the final plat itself.

Key motions and outcomes recommended to the Village Board (summarized): the commission recommended rezoning the listed lots to DR6 (motion passed), recommended rezoning another set of lots to SR5 (motion passed), recommended the plan-development overlay and the 13-foot street-side setback on 11 corner lots (motion passed), recommended conservancy zoning for stormwater outlots and rural-holding for outlots reserved for future development (motion passed after an amendment clarifying lot numbering and plat date), recommended a waiver from the subdivision-code lot-area minimum (section 83.83(c)) and…