Panel urges review of condo plan Complex proposal may be too dense for developer’s site
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Thursday, September 28, 1995
Author: BETSY THATCHER, Journal Sentinel staff
Development in a plan for a 14-building, 112-unit condominium complex may be too dense for its proposed site, Plan Commission members believe.
Last week, Carl Trapp showed his plans to the commission, which reserved taking action pending review by the village engineer.
The plans for Eagles Nest call for building the proposed two-story, eight-unit buildings on 12 acres along Good Hope Road just west of Main St. and the Whiskey Hollowtavern .
The two-bedroom units would be 1,200 square feet, Trapp said. The plan also shows 308 parking spaces, including underground areas. Private streets would connect the buildings and parking areas.
“This seems to be an awful lot of buildings on one spot,” commission member Walter Sullivan said.
Village President Terry Gissal agreed that the number of units for the size of the lot appeared too high.
Gissal suggested the development have a berm around it to act as a buffer between it and adjacent commercial and industrial property.
The plans will return to the commission in October despite a moratorium on new development in the village, Gissal said.
The moratorium, instituted so the village can devise a master land use plan, is in effect until March 11, 1996. It will take at least that long for all the reviews that would be necessary for Trapp’s plan to be completed, Gissal said.
Sullivan said he would feel more comfortable considering Trapp’s plan once the commission, in its land-use study, gets a better idea of the areas of the village deemed most appropriate for multifamily development.
One of the reasons the village is developing a master plan is the advent of sanitary sewer service. Installation of the system, to begin by the end of the year, is expected to result in residential and business growth.
Dronen, who owns the Whiskey Hollow Tavern on Main St., urged the village to blacktop one side of all streets, to give drivers a break from potholes.