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Germantown planning commission approves Wolf River Medical site plan with tree‑mitigation conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a two‑building medical office site plan on roughly 13.7 acres south of Wolf River Boulevard, subject to four staff conditions including traffic and drainage reviews and a $30,000 tree‑mitigation payment to cover 75 replacement trees. Neighbors urged additional screening and raised concerns about hazardous trees in a preserved natural area.
The Germantown Planning Commission voted to approve the preliminary and final site plan for the Wolf River Medical project, a two‑building medical office development on about 13.7 acres south of Wolf River Boulevard, subject to the staff report and four conditions of approval.
Chairman John McCreery opened the item and turned the presentation over to planning staff (Miss Korolewski), who said the site is in the O (Office) zoning district and the proposal would be built in two phases with each building about 54,450 square feet. "This is the site," staff said during the presentation, describing the location west of Riverdale Road and noting previous 2019 approvals that expired when the applicant did not move forward then.
Staff told the commission the city's vegetation ordinance (Chapter 22) uses a guideline of 16 replacement trees per acre; at that rate the site would require roughly 222 trees, of which the applicant proposes to plant 147 on site and pay a mitigation fee for the remainder. "Those are 75 trees that need to be replaced...you come up to…
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