West Bend, Wi – A public hearing will be held November 6, 2024, in the council chambers at West Bend City Hall 1115 S. Main Street, on a proposal to change the land use and zoning on 34 acres just north of CTH NN and east of 18th Avenue in West Bend. The future plan, should this be approved, is a 90+ unit housing development.
Jim Reinke with Community Development outlined the request for the change of land use.
“This is necessary for us to facilitate the redevelopment of the property. Right now, it’s the business park. It was included originally in TID number 8 which has closed since 2022. This is outside of the TID now so we’re actually requesting a change for the land use to residential.
“There’s a potential developer that’s looking at changing this and we’re looking at the overall uses in the area and feel that the use from the business park um is an old, dated use for the area considering we do have a large amount of business Parks still to
the north open for development.
“So, the request to change this to the single family seems reasonable considering we have residential to the south and to the west. So, we ask that the commission review this and if they feel this would be an acceptable change for the land use that we set the public hearing for the next available meeting… we’d also be doing the zoning amendment at the same time; we would change it from the three industrial to the RS4 single family residential.”
Referencing the residential development on the south side of CTH NN in the Town of West Bend, town chairman Troy Zagel said he had no idea this proposal was on the table. “The town knew nothing about it,” he said. “We were led to believe the land was going to be used for industrial development and not housing.”
West Bend District 3 alderman Brett Bergquist said he too was not aware of the scope of the housing project and first heard about it after the October plan commission meeting.
Details of the proposed zoning change and a first look at the proposed housing development are below.
B. Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Amendments
1. Comprehensive Plan Amendment #32, Discussion and recommendation to set a public hearing for a land use change to the City’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan for approximately 34 acres of land located at the northeast corner of S. 18th Avenue and County Trunk Highway “NN” (Tax Key # 1119-263-0002).
2. ZA-24-009, Discussion and recommendation to set a public hearing for a zoning change for approximately 34 acres of land located at the northeast corner of S. 18th Avenue and County Trunk Highway “NN” (Tax Key # 1119-263-0002).
