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Oconomowoc council debates how to count condos as single-family as housing ratios near limit
Summary
City staff told the Common Council the city's housing mix sits just below the ordinance thresholds; council members debated whether to reclassify condominiums as 'single-family' for ratio accounting and whether to pursue a comp-plan amendment for particular projects; no ordinance change was made.
City of Oconomowoc staff told the Common Council on Jan. 6 that the city's adopted housing-mix rule—set in a 2024 ordinance—has the city at about 59.6% single-family, roughly 35.6% multifamily and about 4.7% duplex units, placing Oconomowoc effectively at its policy limit and prompting council discussion about how condominiums should be counted.
The issue matters because the comp plan and the 2024 ordinance include mandatory ratio language that can block approvals until the percentages are back in compliance. Mark (city staff) said the current numbers leave little room for new multifamily development and that one option is to count condominiums as single-family dwellings for the purpose of ratio accounting: “we have a ratio of that we shouldn't be below 60% for single family. We're at 59.6,” he said, adding that reclassifying condos could…
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