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Commission backs PUD rezoning that formalizes senior-living campus uses and internal upgrades
Summary
The plan commission recommended rezoning two parcels into a PUD so the Waunakee Senior Living campus can be treated as a single site and nursing-home/assisted-living uses become permitted rather than conditional; the commission also approved accessory-use adjustments and asked staff to proceed to village board for public hearing.
The Waunakee plan commission recommended approval of rezoning and a general development plan (GDP) to consolidate two parcels of the Waunakee Senior Living campus into a planned unit development.
Planning staff explained the rezoning would allow the campus to be reviewed as a single site and would add nursing homes and assisted-living centers to the permitted-use list instead of treating them as conditional uses. "This would make it a permitted use for the campus," planning staff Lauren said, adding the GDP would carry forward R-3 and R-5 district standards with modifications such as removing minimum lot-area/width requirements for campus flexibility and maintaining a 30% minimum green area.
Jenny Decken of Erdman, the architecture/engineering firm working with Trilogy Health Services, told the commission the project focuses largely on interior reconfiguration of skilled-nursing wings and modest exterior updates, adding a covered drop-off at Manor Drive, walking paths and stormwater improvements. "We're not looking to make any major changes to what you see today," Decken said.
Commissioners asked whether Manor Drive is private (the applicant confirmed it is and that the sites share an access agreement) and whether proposed accessory heights of up to 20 feet would apply to the main building (the applicant said the 20-foot allowance applies only to accessory carports; existing building heights remain unchanged).
A motion to recommend approval of the rezoning and GDP carried by voice vote. The rezoning and GDP will proceed to the village board for a public hearing; a site plan review for detailed exterior and interior work is expected at the March meeting.
