Public Arts Committee Finalizes Rules For Photo Contest To Fill Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower In 2024 – Theme Will Be “Recreation In Appleton”

The Appleton Public Arts Committee met 01/03/2024 and voted to finalize plans to select pictures to fill the Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower in 2024. They decided to hold a photo contest (something they have done several times in the past), this time with the theme […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Variance To ThedaCare For Oversized Sign Along Highway 41, Denies Request For 280 Sq Foot Electronic Message Board

Back in September on 09/18/2023, the Board of Zoning Appeals met and took up two variance requests for a proposed sign on the ThedaCare/Encircle property. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: Encircle had two signs along Highway 41, but with the Highway […]

Humane Officer Matt Fillebrown Reviews Dangerous Animal Declaration Process For Board Of Health

During the 09/13/2023 Board of Health meeting, Officer Matt Fillebrown, the Humane Officer at the Appleton Police Department gave a not-quite 15-minute presentation on how the city handles dangerous animals. The video for the meeting was a couple weeks late in being posted, so I […]

Proposed Rental And Fee Schedules For Houdini Plaza And Jones Park Referred Back To Parks And Recreation Committee For Further Discussion

The Common Council met 12/20/2023. During that meeting, Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) requested that both of the Parks and Recreation agenda items be referred back to the committee for further discussion. The proposed revised Houdini Plaza Rental and Fee Schedule would include a $25 […]

Public Arts Committee Meeting 01/03/2024 – Will Vote On Parameters Of Photo Contest To Fill Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower

Meetings will be very sparse this coming week. The Common Council meeting that would typically happen the first Wednesday of the month has been cancelled. Since all of the committee meetings this last week were cancelled, there would have been no business for the Council […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance For 4-Foot-Tall Front Yard Fence, Allowing In-Home Daycare Owner To Remain In Operation

The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. One of the variance requests they took up was a request from a property owner on Badger Avenue to maintain a 4-foot-tall fence that was along the front yard property line. The local zoning ordinance limits front yard […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance Request For Seymour Street Residence Allowing 6 Foot Fence To Be Built 13 Feet From Front Yard Property Line

The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. One of the variance requests they took up was a request from the owner of a property on W Seymour Street to erect a 6-foot-tall fence 13 feet from what was technically the front yard property line even […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Variance Allowing Garage To Be Located 1 Foot Closer To House Than Allowed By Code

The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. The variance request I was most interested in watching was the request from a homeowner on Clara Street whose contractor had built his new garage 4 feet away from the house rather than the required minimum of 5 […]