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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council FROM: Kimberly Gierach, Planning Services Manager DATE: September 9, 2025 SUBJECT: Res 25-470 Rescind Resolution 25-440 and approve Specific Implementation Plan Amendment for parking lot modifications at 90 Wisconsin Street (Plan Commission recommends approval)

BACKGROUND

The subject area lies within the common area of the Radford Square Condominiums, which was approved in December of 2001 and is zoned Urban Mixed Use with a Planned Development Overlay (UMU-PD). This common area is approximately 2.42 acres in size and consists of parking stalls, drive aisles, pedestrian walkways, and greenspace. Radford Square Condominiums contains multiple businesses, such as Prospera Credit Union, Jimmy Johns, Big Apple Bagels, and others. The subject site is bordered by three street frontages: Wisconsin Street on the west, Pearl Avenue on the north, and Marion Road on the east, and a public parking lot on the south. The surrounding area consists of commercial, institutional, industrial, and multi-family land uses. On October 8, 2002, Common Council approved construction of a restaurant building on the southern end of the subject site. The Planned Development was amended on September 23, 2003 to allow for additional restaurant parking and again in 2021 to allow for two accessory buildings in the condo common area, behind 30 Wisconsin Street. Additionally, in 2007 a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) was granted for installation of an EMC sign at 90 Wisconsin Street; in 2008 a revised CUP was approved for a new driveway off of Pearl Avenue. The Common Council passed Resolution 25-440 to approve parking lot modifications but omitted the Plan Commission's findings, leading to inaccuracies. City staff recommend rescinding Resolution 25-440 and proceeding with a new resolution that accurately reflects the Plan Commission’s findings.

ANALYSIS

The applicant is requesting an SIP Amendment to allow for construction of a new drive aisle on the north side of the property that will accommodate the use of an exterior ATM machine at Prospera Credit Union. The proposal requires the removal of nine parking stalls and relocation of a landscape island. According to the applicant, this project will slightly reduce the current impervious surface ratio on the site because the new layout allows for a larger landscape area and a new grass area. Code requires a minimum of one parking space per 300 sq. ft. of ground floor building area for this site, resulting in a minimum of 68 parking spaces required. The site currently provides 153 parking spaces, so the loss of nine spaces to accommodate the new drive aisle does not impact the minimum code requirement. The proposed project also does not impact the existing access to the site.

RECOMMENDATION

The Plan Commission recommended approval of the requested Specific Implementation Plan Amendment on August 5, 2025. Please see the attached staff report for more information.

Attachments Res 25-470 SIP Amendment - 90 Wisconsin St

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