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Council approves PUD changes and rezones to permit larger multifamily build in Prairie residential area
Summary
The council approved a set of ordinances that amend an existing planned-unit development and rezone portions of the Prairie site on South 27th Street to allow additional multifamily garden-style apartments, an expanded clubhouse, and reduced enclosed-parking ratios.
Oak Creek's Common Council on April 6 approved multiple related zoning ordinances enabling a shift in the Prairie residential development north of Drexel from a proposed side-by-side condominium product to additional two-story garden-style multifamily rental buildings and an expanded clubhouse.
City staff summarized three linked applications: a PUD amendment in Area D to increase allowed accessory-building area from 8,000 to up to 12,000 square feet to accommodate a 3,600-square-foot clubhouse with a pool; a rezoning request to change Area EF from two-family (RD1) to RM1 multifamily to permit five buildings totaling 130 units; and establishment of a PUD overlay in Area EF mirroring PUD provisions approved previously in Area D, including allowing 58% of units to have enclosed parking (less than a 1:1 ratio) and raising accessory building height limits from 20 to 24 feet.
Developers and their representatives said market conditions made side-by-side condo ownership infeasible in this location and that the multifamily product (described as similar to projects the developer has built elsewhere) provides a financially viable alternative while retaining central green space.
Questions from council focused on building design, parking and whether the multifamily product would materially reduce single-family property values; developers said the buildings are rental, that their comparable projects use a similar parking and amenity ratio, and that valuation methodology typically excludes deed-restricted or otherwise distinct products from single-family appraisals.
Council approved Ordinances 3152, 3153 and 3154 (PUD amendment, rezoning to RM1 and establishment of a PUD overlay) by roll call. Plan commission had recommended the changes at its February meeting.
Next steps: developers will proceed with plan-commission level site plans and architectural review under the newly amended PUD; council and staff noted design and landscape plans will return for detailed review.
