The City Plan Commission met 07/23/2025. It was a short meeting in which they took up 6 different items. Those items included a rezoning request pertaining to the Glenmore Park development project, approval of a preliminary plat associated with the Glenmore Park development project, approval of a preliminary plat associated with the Mission Ridge North development project, zoning ordinance amendments related to Chapter 23 pertaining to floodplain zoning, a special use permit for a new automobile, RV, truck cycle, and boat sales and display lot on Winslow Avenue, and a street vacation for sections of the streets near the downtown transit center.
All item were recommended for approval unanimously by the commission with minimal discussion.
I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download:
GLENMORE PARK REZONING AND PRELIMINARY PLAT – The land under consideration consisted of approximately 170 acres located near French Road and Apple Creek Road and is currently zoned as Agricultural. The developer would like to rezone sections of it to R-1b Single-family, P-I Public Institutional, and R-3 Multi-family. The approximately 130 acres zoned R-1b would be developed as a single-family subdivision. The approximately 20 acres rezoned Public Institutional would be used for a future park. The approximately 20 acres rezoned R-3 would be used for future multi-family housing development. The rezoning was approved without question or comment by the committee.
In addition to the rezoning, the developer was requesting approval of a preliminary plat for approximately 60 acres of the R-1B zoned portion of the land. The developer proposed placing 141 sing-family lots on the land as well as 5 out lots which would be used for stormwater detention and other features related to the plat development.
Principal Planner Don Harp noted that the preliminary plat included 3 double frontage lots along County Road E. The subdivision code included a provision that did not permit double frontage lots; however, in this case, access from Highway E was restricted, necessitating a second road for access, so double frontage lots were unavoidable in this situation. Staff was recommending a waiver to the no double frontage requirement in this situation.
The preliminary plat was unanimously recommended for approval by the commission.
SPCIAL USE PERMIT #4-25 FOR A NEW AUTOMOBILE, RV, TRUCK, CYCLE, AND BOAT SALES AND DISPLAY LOT LOCATED AT 3275 E WINSLOW AVENUE – The business owner at the address wanted to use the lot for the pre-delivery and inspection of pre-ordered electric vehicles as well as for customer education demo drives, auto repair, and auto service. This special use permit was associated with the proposed development of the property along Northland Avenue near Highway 441. The Plan Commission had already voted to approve a rezoning and parcel division associated with that project last month. The special use permit being requested now was the next step in their development process.
The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the special use permit.
APPROVAL OF ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AND MAP AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE X FLOODPLAININ ZONING OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO SECTION 23-205(b)(2) GENERAL PROVISIONS – This request was associated with an item that had come before the commission in May of 2022. In 2022 the commission and Common Council has approved a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) from FEMA for installation of a culvert and fill placement within the Apple Fields subdivision. That project has now been completed and complies with the conditions of the condition letter. As a result, FEMA has told the city that it can remove the condition language and insert the permanent language related to the project.
The commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of the item.
MISSION RIDGE NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT – This site consisted of 3 parcels that were annexed into the city in May of 2025 and rezoned to R-2 two-family in June. The preliminary plat for the development consisted of 126 residential lots and 5 out lots which would be use for storm water facilities, potential trains, and possible future residential development.
The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request.
APPROVAL OF STREET DISCONTINUANCE TO VACATE A PORTION OF NORTH ONEIDA STREET PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ALL OF AN UNNAMED HISTORIC ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF WASHINGTON STREET AND SOUTH OF FRANKLIN STREET – This street vacation was part of the project to build a new transit center on the block where the current transit center is located. In looking through records while preparing for the N Oneida Street right-of-way vacation, city staff discovered that there had not been an official vacation of a nearby alley, even though that alley had been developed on. So, staff was asking the commission to approve the vacation of Oneida Street between the library and the transit center, and the vacation of an unnamed historic alley between the transit center and the yellow parking ramp.
The commission voted unanimously to recommend the request be approved.
Full meeting details and video are available here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1309283&GUID=56D7A33D-CA87-46C6-B4B2-8DF4CB0B51FF
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