Minutes; Evansville Plan: September 15, 2005

Plan Commission
Special Meeting
Tuesday, September 15, 2005, 6:00 P.M.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison Street, Evansville, WI

MINUTES

The meeting was called to order by Alderperson Hammann at 6:00 PM. Present were: Ald. Aikman, Ald. Hammann, Ms. Dickert, Messrs. Sauer, Skinner, and Vrstal. Mayor Ringhand was excused. Staff present: Tim Schwecke, City Planner; Bill Connors, City Administrator; and Jim Beilke, Clerk/Treasurer.

Approval of Agenda.
The agenda was approved.

Approval of Minutes
Motion by Hammann, seconded by Skinner, to defer the reading of the September 6, 2005 minutes until the next regular Plan Commission meeting. Motion carried.

Citizen Appearances Other Than Those Agenda Items Listed. None.

Unfinished Business.
All unfinished business is deferred to the next regular meeting.

New Business.
The commissioners took up the issue of the use of preexisting drive-up windows as a conditional use in the B-2 district. The discussion centered on the balance of public safety and business needs.

Dave Hamby, 15846 W. Union Rd., spoke in favor of drive-up windows, stating that there was never an accident at the downtown bank. Additionally, the proposed CPA firm would have less traffic using the drive-up windows than a bank. Even with all of the safety features already in place on this lot, they are still willing to add more safety features.

Roger Roth, 120 Garfield Ave., spoke in favor of drive-up windows.
Nicole Hamby, 15846 W. Union Rd., spoke in favor of drive-up windows.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded by Ms. Dickert, to reconsider the vote on Sept. 6, 2005, against a motion to recommend to Council adoption of Ordinance #2005-33. On roll call vote, motion failed, with Ald. Hammann, Mr. Sauer, and Ms. Dickert voting in favor and Ald. Aikman, Mr. Vrstal, and Mr. Skinner voting against.

Cliff Kaiser, 220 Clarke St., Johnson Creek, appeared before the Commission to present the proposed conditional use application for Application #2005-19 and site plan Application #2005-20 for Jan Davis-Tom Davis Partnership.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded by Ald. Aikman, to act on the application (not defer to a later date). On roll vote, motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded by Mr. Vrstal, to approve the application, with conditions as may be contained in the staff report, and other conditions as may be imposed by the Commission based on the conclusion that the public benefits of the proposed conditional use outweigh any and all potential adverse impacts, if any. Motion carried.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded by Mr. Sauer, to approve the site plan for Jan Davis-Tom Davis Partnership – Application 2005-20, with conditions as may be contained in the staff report, and other conditions as may be imposed by the Commission.

Discussion was centered on the landscaping and minimal requirements in the code. Mr. Schweke reviewed the parking in the site plan with the Commission.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded Ald. Aikman, to accept staff recommendations number 1 and 3. Motion carried.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded Mr. Skinner, to require landscaping plan to meet code, as shown on second plan. Motion carried.

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded Mr. Sauer, to require all landscaping past and new is to be in place before occupancy. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Skinner, seconded Ald. Hammann, to require the building owner to agree in writing to be responsible for paying for extra costs of repairing the water main under the original building constructed on top of the water main easement in the event such repairs are needed, unless such written agreement already is in the City’s files. Motion carried.

The original motion, as amended, carried.

Adjournment

Motion by Ald. Hammann, seconded Ald. Aikman, to adjourn, carried.

Prepared by:
James A. Beilke
City Clerk/Treasurer

The Minutes of the Plan Commission are not official until approved by Plan Commission.