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Menomonee Falls Plan Commission recommends comp-plan change, rezoning to allow light-industrial building on Main Street
Summary
The Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Village Board amend the comprehensive plan and rezone a parcel at N88W13764 Main Street to permit a roughly 115,000-square-foot light-industrial building; neighbors raised concerns about buffering, view impacts and steep site topography, and staff said detailed landscape and site plans will be reviewed later at ACB and Village Board hearings.
The Menomonee Falls Plan Commission unanimously recommended that the Village Board amend the village comprehensive plan to reclassify the parcel at N88W13764 Main Street (tax key 39.77) from mixed use to industrial and recommended rezoning the property to I-1 Light Industrial to allow development of a spec industrial building of about 115,000 square feet.
Planner Amy Bennett told commissioners the property is currently shown as a planned development overlay (PDD/PDO2) on the zoning map and that the concept materials are preliminary. "This is just a concept plan," Bennett said, noting that a landscape plan and architectural control board (ACB) review will be required when the applicant submits a site plan.
Neighbors who spoke during public comment urged careful buffering and questioned site selection. "I was just wondering why this plot and why not the plot that's already paved over on the other side of the street closer to the freeway?" resident Megan Andrzeck said. Neighbor Travis Gilge, who lives on the southwest edge of the parcel, said he expects to be "looking right down" at the building from his side window and asked what type of tenant would occupy the structure.
Commissioners pressed staff on screening and setbacks. Bennett said the village will require minimum buffer standards and cited a 100-foot setback from the residential area as part of future site-plan review. Commissioners also discussed steep grade changes on the site, with one attendee estimating roughly an 18-foot average drop between the residential edge and the lot, and noted that significant earthwork or shoring would be costly.
A motion to recommend the comp-plan amendment and to recommend rezoning the parcel to I-1 passed on voice votes with unanimous support. Staff said the rezoning matter will be scheduled for the Village Board public hearing on May 18 and that the ACB and full site-plan review will follow if the board approves the rezoning.
The commission provided no details yet on building height or a specific tenant; staff said the developer had not disclosed prospective tenants at this early stage. Next steps: the Village Board will hold its public hearing on the rezoning and comp-plan amendment on May 18, after which any approved rezoning will be followed by site-plan review, landscape plan approval and architectural control board review.
