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Commission approves special-use permits for a massage tenant and Voigt Music Center; staff highlights parking and signage
Summary
The commission approved a special-use/site-plan for a massage therapist and a special-use/site-review for Voigt Music Center at 4533 West Forest, with staff noting signage issues and a parking shortfall that the common council may waive.
The Greenfield Planning Commission on March 10 approved multiple special-use and site-review items, including a special-use permit and site plan for a massage-therapy tenant and a special-use/site-review for Voigt Music Center, which would occupy basement space at 4533 West Forest.
On the massage-therapy item (Items 4A/4B), staff said the application will proceed to the common council’s public hearing on April 21. The commission made a motion to approve, seconded the motion and passed it by voice vote.
For Voigt Music Center (Items 6A/6B), planning staff noted that both properties are owned by Ken Sedello and that the music center will be in the building’s basement. Staff said parking requirements call for 5 stalls for this tenant and 13 stalls for all building users; the property currently has 8 stalls on site, and the common council can waive the shortfall if needed. The staff presentation also flagged wall and window signage issues that the owner has been asked to address. "Parking requirements, 5 are required for this applicant, 13 for all users in that building. There are 8 stalls on the property," the planning staff member said.
Commission discussion touched on noise and on-site constraints (the applicant indicated no lessons, primarily instrument repairs) and flagged the practical difficulty of moving larger instruments from a basement location. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the staff-recommended special-use permit and site review by voice vote.
Staff also announced several community-development updates: a middle-school edition at Whitnall starting this month, an upcoming CSM for Spring Mall to incorporate two residential parcels, and a decision to use a four-way ("little T") design at the Fin and Feather intersection. Staff said a construction fence is up at the 51st and Layton multi-tenant commercial building but that construction has not yet begun.
Next steps: both approved special-use items will go to the public-hearing process as applicable; staff will follow up on signage compliance and any parking-waiver requests at council review.
