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Board clears rezoning request, signals willingness to explore 4 Way Bar deck and to disband design-review committee
Summary
The board unanimously approved Ordinance 2024-11 to rezone a Stream Road parcel to rural residential with conditions, expressed conditional support for a proposed 4 Way Bar deck amendment to a shared parking agreement (requiring Station 1 sign-off and legal/parking-cost coverage), and directed staff to prepare an ordinance first reading to eliminate or amend the long-standing Design Review Committee.
The Suamico Village Board approved a rezoning request and discussed two planning items: a proposed deck for 4 Way Bar that would affect shared parking, and a staff recommendation to disband the Design Review Committee.
Zoning Administrator Dunks presented Ordinance 2024-11 to rezone parcel SU 338-23618 on Stream Road from agricultural to rural residential with a planned-development overlay to allow creation of an additional rear lot with limited frontage. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval with three conditions: a pond maintenance agreement, providing at least 15 feet of frontage on the improved portion of Stream Road, and meeting all other applicable ordinances and reviewing-agency requirements. Trustee Grama moved to approve the ordinance and the board adopted it by roll call, 6-0.
Dunks then described a request from 4 Way Bar to build a raised deck off the existing patio so games currently played in the parking lot could move onto a fenced and licensed deck (which would permit alcohol service in that portion). The change would require removing or relocating two handicap parking stalls and other parking adjustments; the village's public-safety staff raised concerns about maintaining a 20-foot fire lane and limiting deck access to the licensed patio so staff can monitor the area. Board members said they were generally willing to explore the change provided Station 1 (the adjoining business) signs off and the business covers legal and parking relocation costs.
Finally, Dunks reviewed the role of the Design Review Committee — a mostly commercial design-review body whose functions have been increasingly codified into the zoning code. With a committee resignation leaving a vacancy, Dunks suggested the board consider eliminating or revising the committee. Trustees expressed broad support for directing staff to prepare an ordinance (first reading) amending chapter 2 or disbanding the committee; staff will return with draft ordinance language.
