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Plan commission approves conditional use permit for Marshfield Police Department relocation with pavement exceptions
Summary
The commission approved a conditional use permit to allow the city to convert the former Wildwood Plaza into a new Marshfield Police Department facility, granting exceptions to pavement hard-surfacing and setback rules subject to site-plan, landscaping, fire-access, and recorded-authority conditions; staff said the project reduces impervious surface and incorporates an $800,000 grant in design.
The Marshfield Plan Commission voted June 16 to approve a conditional use permit that allows the city to renovate the former Wildwood Plaza at 2500 South Central Avenue to house the Marshfield Police Department, including a secure garage (sallyport) addition and requested exceptions to pavement hard-surfacing and minimum pavement setbacks.
City planner James Le Lavine told the commission the property is in a CMU district and that large-scale indoor institutional uses are permitted; the application seeks conditional-use exceptions under sections governing hard surfacing and setbacks to permit retained pavement locations close to the right of way. Staff said the project would reduce total impervious surface from approximately 73,000 square feet to roughly 64,000 square feet under the base bid (about 68,610 sq ft under the full garage option) and that the police facility is consistent with the corridor’s mixed-use character.
Staff recommended approval with conditions requiring conformity to the submitted site, landscape and civil drawings; recorded authorizing resolution to be filed with the county register of deeds; engineered surfacing, access and on-site circulation to the satisfaction of the city engineer; fire-apparatus access per submitted exhibits; and limits on administrative modifications so that net new impervious surface does not exceed existing levels. Staff also advised that the approval may encompass both base and alternate garage configurations provided minimum parking counts and impervious-surface caps are maintained. Le Lavine noted the design team is integrating an $800,000 grant into the project.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about which pavement setback standard applies, how that affects the buffer between sidewalk and parking, and what a sallyport is and how it would be used. Staff and other speakers explained the sallyport is a secured vehicle entry area used to transfer detainees and to provide secure vehicle access; the commission accepted staff’s conditions and approved the motion by voice vote.
The approval is subject to conditions including final engineering approval, required landscaping for any net new paved areas, recorded authorizing resolution with the register of deeds, and a requirement that construction be initiated within 365 days and the facility operational within 730 days of common council approval unless extended. The commission directed staff to proceed with the administrative steps necessary for common-council consideration.
Next steps: staff will route the conditional-use permit and recommended conditions to the common council and the project team will advance the SIP-level drawings, parking analysis and recorded documents required for final approvals.
