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Middleton residents and commissioners question 10‑story Imperial Garden rezoning as applicant presents conceptual towers
Summary
At a public hearing, residents urged the Middleton Plan Commission to reject a rezoning request that could allow a 10‑story tower at University Avenue and Allen Boulevard, citing traffic, pedestrian safety and the comprehensive plan; applicants presented a conceptual two‑tower design but the commission took no final action tonight.
A majority of speakers at the Middleton Plan Commission’s Oct. 28 public hearing urged commissioners to oppose a request to rezone the northeast corner of University Avenue and Allen Boulevard — the site currently occupied by the Imperial Garden restaurant — from Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning to an MOU/MUA zoning classification that would allow taller, denser development.
Residents raised safety and traffic concerns throughout the hearing. "The intersection really only has three drives," said Richard Roberts, describing what he called constrained access and predicting the large building would generate traffic that would worsen left‑turn conflicts. Moira, a Marshall Park condominium resident, told the commission the parcel lies in an environmental corridor and pointed to the city’s 2023 comprehensive plan and earlier safety studies, saying that the corner already has the most pedestrian, bicycle and car accidents in Middleton.
The applicants — Tom Sanford of Sanford Enterprises and…
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