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West Bend council amends comprehensive plan and rezones 34 acres to RS4 amid resident opposition over density
Summary
After an extended public comment period in which residents raised concerns about density, watershed and notification, the council amended the 2020 comprehensive plan and approved rezoning roughly 34 acres at S. Eighteenth Ave. and County Trunk NN to RS4; planning staff and the developer said further site plans, traffic and stormwater studies will follow.
The West Bend Common Council on Monday voted to amend the 2020 comprehensive plan and to rezone about 34 acres at the northeast corner of South Eighteenth Avenue and County Trunk Highway NN from planned business park to RS4 single-family residential.
The vote followed nearly an hour of public comment in which nearby residents raised concerns about housing density, stormwater and watershed impacts, notification of adjacent landowners and infrastructure costs. Ron Struck of George Court told the council he did not object to development on principle but said the proposed density (residents and some staff discussed a conceptual figure of roughly 90–95…
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