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Menomonee Falls planning panel recommends reclassifying Custer Lane parcel to allow 10 duplex-style condominiums
Summary
The Plan Commission unanimously recommended that the Village Board reclassify a Custer Lane parcel from institutional to low-density residential and rezoning to a Planned Residential Development (PRD) to accommodate 10 duplex-style condominium buildings; commissioners and staff said engineering review will address traffic and drainage concerns raised by neighbors.
The Menomonee Falls Plan Commission on Nov. 12 voted unanimously to recommend that the Village Board amend the comprehensive plan and rezoning to allow a planned residential development on a parcel at N80 W18303 Custer Lane.
Planner Amy Bennett told the commission the application proposes 10 duplex-style condominium buildings on a site currently zoned A1 (agricultural) with a land-use designation of institutional; the applicant asked that the parcel be reclassified to low-density residential to enable a PRD and condominium plat. "The PRD and rezone public hearing will be at the Village Board in December," Bennett said, and staff recommended approval of the comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning subject to standard engineering and platting conditions.
During public comment, neighbor Christie Motelemark said she walks daily on Custer Lane and raised safety concerns about a blind hill near the proposed subdivision entrance, saying, "I'm gonna die on that road" if pedestrian accommodations and sightline improvements are not addressed. Commissioners and staff responded that the current hearing concerns only the land-use classification and that traffic, sight-line and stormwater issues will be evaluated during engineering review and at later PRD/rezoning stages. Developer representative Andrew Kolbeck told the commission the team is "dedicating 33 feet of right of way along [Custer] Lane" and plans to provide acceleration/deceleration lanes and a stormwater management scheme that directs runoff west through a deep cross-pipe.
Commissioners also discussed sewer capacity and density limits. Bennett said the site could accommodate up to 20 units under the PRD but that sewer capacity currently limits the project to 20 units; additional density would depend on future capacity changes. Commissioners emphasized that detailed engineering and site-plan reviews will follow and that required vision triangles and setbacks should address pedestrian sightlines.
Commissioner Chris Rollins moved to recommend adoption of the attached resolution to reclassify the parcel from institutional to low-density residential; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote, with the commission unanimously recommending the Village Board proceed with the comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning process. The rezoning and PRD public hearing is scheduled at the Village Board on Dec. 2.
