City Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Prospera-owned Lots From Residential And Agricultural To Commercial

The City Plan Commission met 09/27/2023. It was a brief meeting lasting only 14 minutes. About half of it was taken up with the public hearing, discussion, and vote on the request by Prospera Credit Union to rezone the parcels they owned at 4704 N […]

City Plan Commission Approves Special Use Permits For Two Bars, Rezoning Request For Lawrence-Owned Properties That Will Facilitate Mixed-Use Development

The City Plan Commission met 06/14/2023. They took up four items, two were special use permits for a couple bars, and two were related to a rezoning request by Lawrence University for university-owned properties along College Avenue. Lawrence is looking to develop a mixed-use project […]

Common Council Unanimously Approves Rezoning Of Seville Properties Annexation From Ag Agricultural District To R-3 Multifamily District

The Common Council met 05/17/2023. One of the items that garnered public feedback and was separated out for an individual vote was the request to rezone the Seville Properties annexation near the corner of Ballard and Werner roads from Temporary AG Agricultural district to an […]

Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Seville Properties On Ballard And Werner Roads, Annexation Of Land Along Providence Avenue and Baldeagle Drive

The City Plan Commission met 04/26/2023. It was a brief meeting in which they took up two items. One was a request to rezone the Seville Properties Annexation on the north west corner of the intersection of Ballard and Werner Roads from Temporary AG Agricultural […]

Alderperson Denise Fenton’s Response To Post About Apostolic Truth Church Rezoning

Back on September 15, I posted about the issues and oddities surrounding the rezoning of the Apostolic Truth Church. On 09/16/2022 Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6) sent an email to me responding to that post in which she responded to a number of points in […]

The Saga Of The Appleton Apostolic Truth Church Rezoning – Why Did 5 Alderpersons Abstain From Voting?

[Note: After this post was published, Alderperson Denise Fenton reached out with a statement.] As you may recall, back in May and June of this year the Common Council approved a rezoning request and Future Land Use Map amendment for a parcel of land on […]

Common Council Approves Apostolic Truth Church Rezoning Request – 5 Alderpersons Abstain From Voting, Giving No Indication As To Why

The Common Council met 06/15/2022. The only items of business underwent individual votes, both of which were related to the building of a new building for the Apostolic Truth Church (ATC) on the north side of Appleton. One item was an amendment to the city’s […]

City Plan Commission Approves Land Use Change And Rezoning Request For Apostolic Truth Church – Two Commissioners And One Non-Member Alderperson Express Opposition

The City Plan Commission met 05/11/2022 and took up the rezoning request regarding property owned by the Apostolic Truth Church. The church had owned this undeveloped property on the north side of Appleton slightly north of the Youth Sports Complex for 29 years and was […]

City Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Parcel On S. Badger Avenue And 8th Street – Change Will Facilitate Development Of Multi-Family Residential Dwellings

The City Plan Commission met 03/09/2022. It was a brief meeting with only one action item on the agenda. That was a request to rezone the property at 217 S. Badger Avenue from C-2 General Commercial District to C-1 Neighborhood Mixed Use District. Principal Planner […]

Rezoning Request And Future Land Use Map Amendment For Maritime Tavern Approved By City Plan Commission

The City Plan Commission met 02/09/2022. They had two related action items on the agenda. The first was a request to approve a Comprehensive Plan 2010-2030 Future Land Use Map Amendment for a parcel located at 1312 North Division Street from future One and Two-Family […]