TOWN OF CONCORD PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES
October 28, 2020
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. with Lloyd Zastrow, Jim Gilbert, Sally Williams, and Carole Hoffmeister present. Laura Callison was absent.
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Sally Williams stated that the meeting had been properly posted.
Jim Gilbert made a motion to approve the minutes from the June 24, 2020, meeting, second by Carole Hoffmeister. All approved. Motion passed.
Item 1: Terry Jacobosky (New Vision LLC), N6232 County Road F, requested a Conditional Use Permit to construct (4) Extensive Onsite Storage buildings for personal and rental storage at parcel # 006-0716-1532-012 adjacent to his residence. His proposal is to build a 48’ x 64’ building for personal storage and (3) 165’ x 72’ buildings for rental storage. This would be cold storage only. No business operation would take place at the site. Mr. Jacobosky would leave as much natural tree growth as possible to shield the buildings from view and discussed constructing a berm with pine trees along County Road F. There would be no storage on the property outside of the buildings. Jim Gilbert made a motion to recommend approval of the Conditional Use permit, second by Carole. All approved. Motion passed.
Item 2: Donald Popp requested enlarging an existing A-2 area from .964 acres to 1.446 acres at N6189 County Road F (parcel # 006-0716-1644-000). He also requested an amendment to an existing Conditional Use Permit for Storage of Non-Farm Equipment to allow for an additional building for increased storage in the expanded A-2 parcel. The new building would be approximately the same size as the existing buildings. Jim Gilbert made a motion to recommend approval of increasing the A-2 area from 1 acre to 1.5 acres and to recommend approval to amend the Conditional Use permit to allow for a third storage building, second by Sally Williams. All approved. Motion passed.
Item 3: Donald Popp requested rezoning 1.318 acres from A-1 to A-2 at N6189 County Road F (parcel # 006-0716-1644-000). He also requested a Conditional Use Permit to operate a Kennel and Dog Training Facility at the rezoned parcel. The kennel would be owned and operated by his tenants, Kristi Kummer and Otto Sturm. They want to move their business called “You and Your Dog” from a facility they are renting Oconomowoc to this site. They would add on to an existing 2000sf horse barn. There would be an additional 5000sf reception/ training area and an approximately 5000sf kennel area housing 50 dogs. The building would be fully enclosed except for a central atrium in the kennel which would be open to the sky. They currently have 10 employees and 4-5 would be onsite during the workday. Each day about 20-30 clients would drop dogs off in the morning and pick them up again in the afternoon. The couple does many types of training including behavioral, hunting, therapy, service, and police dogs. Some training would take place outside. A construction engineer for the couple was present and stated that noise from dogs inside the facility can be controlled. Jim, Sally, and Carole had been by the facility in Oconomowoc and agreed that it was quiet and well maintained.
Neighbors Jake & Jenni Thoele and Dan & Diane Malone were present. Jake Theole was opposed to the proposal siting concerns about noise, property values, and safety. He said currently a dog club meets at the site every weekend and there are dogs barking and whistles sounding throughout the day. He is concerned that the proposed facility would increase what is already an annoying level of noise. He is also concerned about his property values and stated he would not have purchased his property if a kennel had been there at the time. He is also concerned with the safety of his small children should a dog get loose.
Dan Malone spoke for himself and 3 neighboring residences. They are all adamantly opposed to the proposal. He reiterated Jake Thoele’s concerns and said the barking and whistles every weekend are very annoying. He also stated that there is a lot of commotion every weekend with club members bringing campers and camping at the property overnight. While this is a separate issue from the kennel, he feels a kennel would only make the situation worse.
Another neighbor, Dwayne Nicholson, contacted Sally to indicate that he is opposed to the kennel.
Based on the fact that this area has primarily residential development around the proposed business site and on the strong opposition to the proposed kennel from neighboring residential property owners, Sally Williams made a motion to recommend denial of the rezoning and conditional use permit, second by Jim Gilbert. Sally, Jim and Lloyd approved; Carole was opposed. Motion to deny the request was approved.
Lloyd Zastrow made a motion to adjourn. Second by Carole Hoffmeister. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Williams, secretary