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Residents press Sheboygan council to slow zoning rewrite and seek transparency on Gartman/TID plans
Summary
Multiple public commenters warned that a proposed zoning code rewrite and the Gartman/TID development could shift decision-making to staff, limit public hearings, and raise affordability and transparency concerns; council approved a separate Timberwood Meadows TID agreement amid debate over affordability targets.
Several residents urged the Sheboygan Common Council to slow or halt a comprehensive rewrite of the city's zoning code and to provide more transparency around the Gartman/TID housing proposals.
Lisa Salgado, a resident of Fourth Street, told the council she has "serious concerns about the second draft of the zoning ordinance," saying it adds procedural and administrative rules that she said would allow staff to approve projects that meet ordinance standards without Plan Commission or council review. "This means industrial and commercial projects including potentially data centers could be approved without a plan commission vote, without a common council vote, and without a public hearing," Salgado said, urging the council to "stop this ordinance and keep zoning decisions where they belong with…
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