Plan Commission — Minutes

Town of Fond du Lac Planning Commission Meeting Date Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Location Town Hall W5990 Pioneer Road Time 6:00 PM Meeting Materials Meeting Materials Link (Google Drive Folder) Note Town board members may be in attendance for information-gathering purposes but will not take any action. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. All plan commission decisions are recommendations; the town board makes the final decision based on the recommendation. Members Jess Allender, Mike Guilfoile, Scott Roltgen, Herb Kedinger, Lisa McArthur Minutes Last updated 3/18/25 1. Call to order and notice of open hearing at 2. Approval of minutes from the previous meeting. a. Note: in relation to item 4b, Jess made a Sign Requirements by Zone document. b. Motion by to approve by Herb Kedinger, second by Scott Roltgen, carries 5-0 3. Review of rezoning request by Justin and Dana Schaller. a. Rezone from residential to C-2 zoning to use property for occasional parking of trucks. b. Links to GIS property info, rezoning application, and zoning cheat sheet c. Driveway off Miranda way to park semi trailers. Live in Kiel, used to park at Quality Truck but they needed their space for the addition. d. Herb Kedinger mentioned they would need verification from DNR as a condition and that there is a 75 feet from drainage area. Scott Roltgen added that future developments would likely require some kind of a buffer. Dave Washkoviak suggested CSM to divide the property to keep the northern part residential. e. Motion to table by Herb Kedinger until they hear from the DNR about shoreline zoning and then consider a concept plan and splitting the property. Second by Scott Roltgen. Carries, 5-0. 4. Discuss repurpose of the Badgerland FCS building on CTH D. a. Potential buyer (Chad Zimmerman) has zoning questions regarding repurposing the building as a church, community ministry center, coffee shop, and/or office space. Also questions about the CSM situation given the existing property line divides the building. b. Links to GIS property info and zoning cheat sheet c. The property is currently C2, which would be sufficient for the church. They would need a special exception for a coffee shop. Herb Kedinger asked questions about the square footage. 18k feet, and about 70% would be for the church. The west side of the building (the remaining 30%) would have the coffee shop/office space. Would be open Monday-Saturday 7 am to 2 pm. The planning commission sees no issues with this at this time. They will come back with a special exception application. 5. Discussion and action on special exception request by Small Town EV for signs and a billboard at N6296 Rolling Meadows Drive. a. Special exception is requesting a second sign on their building and a billboard. b. Links to GIS property info, proposed signage, special exception application, sign requirements cheat sheet, and the signs ordinance c. Want two signs on the building because you can only see one from each direction. d. Allie (Creative Sign Company) representing Small Town EV. e. Motion to recommend granting the special exception with the condition that the billboard is taken down if the lease ends by Herb Kedinger, second by Lisa McArthur, carries 5-0. 6. Adjournment at 6:54 pm.