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Developers request smaller lots for St. Mary’s Addition; Denton trustees table plat and waivers to Feb. 12
Summary
At public hearings Feb. 3, developers sought to reduce minimum single‑family lot size and won preliminary discussion of a 9.31‑acre St. Mary’s Addition; trustees tabled decisions on waivers, the plat and the subdivision agreement to a special Feb. 12 meeting, citing sidewalks, cul‑de‑sac design and infrastructure concerns.
Developers seeking to build the St. Mary’s Addition in Denton asked the Village Board on Feb. 3 to allow smaller single‑family lots so more homes could fit in a planned 9.31‑acre subdivision, but trustees deferred final decisions until a special meeting on Feb. 12.
At an initial public hearing on amending the 2007 Zoning Ordinance, the board considered reducing the minimum single‑family detached lot size from 12,000 square feet to 11,000 square feet. Project developers Tim Aschoff and William Jefferies told the board the smaller minimum would “help fit more lots in the property,” and developer attorney Mike Bacon outlined how tax‑increment financing (TIF) could be used to support aspects of the project.
The separate preliminary‑plat public hearing for Linda’s Retirement LLC described a mixed residential development with single‑family homes, duplexes, townhouses, a church, a rectory and a 55+ apartment building. The developers proposed waivers, including no sidewalks along W Denton Road because of drainage and steep topography, and a temporary turnaround at the west end of 6th Street.
Trustee Amanda Fangmeier objected to the lack of sidewalks. “I am a runner and don’t like that there isn’t a sidewalk on the north side of Denton,” Fangmeier said. William Jefferies responded that “a sidewalk services every lot,” but said adding sidewalks along W Denton would add prohibitive cost given site conditions. In exchange for some waivers, the developers agreed to pave the portion of 6th Street that lies within village limits.
Village consultant Blackledge answered infrastructure questions, saying the current water tower can handle the proposed development’s demand but the village lagoon will need expansion with growth; the lagoon also “currently needs significant repair,” and the transcript notes the lagoon pipes are about 50 years old. Board members asked how emergency response, future taxation and lot types (townhouses, duplexes, attached single‑family) would be handled; Mike Bacon answered questions about how base valuation and TIF taxation timing would work.
Facing unresolved infrastructure, pedestrian‑access and design questions, the board voted to table the two sidewalk waivers, the modified 35‑foot cul‑de‑sac waiver and preliminary‑plat approval, and to delay review of the subdivision agreement until a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2025.
The planning commission review for the final plat remains the next procedural step. The public hearing portion of the zoning and plat discussions closed at 7:05 p.m. (zoning amendment) and 8:45 p.m. (preliminary plat).
