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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council FROM: Kelly Nieforth, Director of Community Development DATE: February 25, 2025 SUBJECT: Res 25-63 Approve Final Plat for the Creation of an 18-Lot Single-Family Residential Subdivision at the Former Washington Elementary School Property, 929 Winnebago Avenue (Washington School Final Plat) (Plan Commission Recommends Approval)

BACKGROUND

The subject site is the former Washington Elementary School property which the City purchased from the Oshkosh Area School District in September of 2024. The 2.831-acre lot is located between Winnebago and School Avenues, with 552 feet and 430 feet of street frontage, respectively. The property was purchased to redevelop the site for single family housing which has been identified as a need in the Oshkosh Housing Plan. The school building is scheduled to be razed during the winter of 2025. The site will be completely cleared and prepped for this proposed development consisting of 18 new single-family residential lots. On January 14, 2025, Council approved the preliminary plat for this development (Res 25-20). Procedurally, the final plat follows which approves the final lot layout and is when civil design plans for construction are reviewed by the City. The general area is predominantly a well-established single-family neighborhood with a scattering of two-family uses, a church to the east and some commercial establishments along Bowen Street. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan Map was amended in July of 2024, changing the recommended use from Institutional to Low-Density Residential to accommodate the redevelopment.

ANALYSIS

The preliminary plat utilizes the entire 2.831-acre lot and is proposed to be platted with 18 single-family lots, ten along Winnebago Avenue and eight along School Avenue. The proposed lots range in size from 5,548 square feet (0.127 acres) to 9,772 square feet (0.224 acres). Lot widths along Winnebago Avenue are proposed to be 55 feet in width (except Lot 18 which will be 59 feet) while the lots along School Avenue will be 52 feet (except Lot 1 which will be 66 feet). All of the proposed lots meet the SR-9 minimum code requirements in regard to width (30 feet minimum), depth (100 feet minimum) and area (4,500 square feet minimum) and is not out of character with other lots west and east of the site. With the proposed dwelling unit total of 18 units on the 2.831-acre area, the density for the development is considered low at approximately 6.4 units per acre (one unit per 6,852 square feet). The SR-9 zoning district has a maximum density of nine units per acre or one unit per 4,840 square feet. The proposed plat does not have any new right-of-way dedications. The new lots will have direct street frontage to either Winnebago or School Avenue.

RECOMMENDATION

The Plan Commission recommended approval of the final plat with conditions on February 19, 2025. Please see the attached staff report and meeting minutes for more information.

Attachments RES 25-63 Attachment to Res 25-63 - Final Plat Project Background and Plan Commission Recommendations

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