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Plan Commission approves alteration to PD allowing 16-unit building at 203–215 N. Blount Street
Summary
The commission approved an alteration to an approved plan development (PDGDP SIP) to permit a 3-story, 40-foot, 16-unit apartment building and material changes at 203–215 N. Blount St. Neighbors asked for referral back to Urban Design Commission for design revisions, but commissioners found the alteration consistent with the original concept and approved it.
The Madison Plan Commission voted Dec. 15 to approve an alteration to the plan development general development plan and specific implementation plan (PDGDP SIP) at 203–215 North Blount Street and 710–712 East Dayton Street. The project replaces an approved 8-unit building with a 3-story, 40-foot, 16-unit apartment building, allows engineered wood siding in place of previously required wood siding on an adjacent structure, and retroactively approves a conversion at 209/211 North Bond Street.
Planner Lisa Ernst and applicant architect Carl Miller presented the proposal and said the project is generally consistent with the concept approved by the Common Council in 2017 and the comprehensive plan. Carl Miller described the design as 16 one-bedroom units and said "to comply with the height requirement of 40 feet, we intend to lower the slope of the hip roof" to meet the code limit.
Bob Kleva, development chair for the Tenney Lapham Neighborhood Association, said the neighborhood had not been given the typical coordination with the alder and asked that the proposal be referred back to the Urban Design Commission so the neighborhood could review changes and the developer could refine the front elevation to reduce perceived massing. Kleva said the Urban Design Commission's comments were not included in the UDC approval materials and urged additional neighborhood engagement.
Staff said the applicant met the code's 30-day notification requirement to neighborhood associations and that the UDC had reviewed the project; staff recommended approval, finding the requested changes consistent with the previously approved concept. Several commissioners acknowledged neighborhood concerns but agreed the application met the PD alteration standards.
Alder Ugar moved the finding that the proposed alteration is consistent with the PDGDP SIP approved by the Common Council and that plan-development standards will be met; Alder Field seconded. The chair called for objections to unanimous approval; seeing none, the commission recorded the item as approved.
What happens next: The transcript records the commission's approval; staff noted that, because the request was an alteration consistent with the previously approved concept, it is an approval by the planning commission and will not go to the Common Council for re-approval.
