Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Neighbors fought hard to have a zoning change to keep apartment buildings from the area, but the Waukesha Common Council denied the change.
A request to rezone a vacant parcel of land in the River's Crossing subdivision was denied by the Waukesha Common Council Tuesday night, despite neighbors’ objections, the Waukesha Freeman reported Wednesday. Neighbors have fought the zoning – which would allow for a large-scale apartment building – for years, citing traffic concerns, safety and neighborhood quality. They received hope when the Waukesha Plan Commission recently recommended changing the zoning to only allow duplexes and single family residences. However, the bank that owned the property also was fighting the zoning to change so it could sell the property to developers interested in building apartments. Alderman Rick Hastings was the only person to vote against the denial, …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Homeowners call the apartment complex "baloney," and the Waukesha Plan Commission seemed to agree with their opposition. Mayor Jeff Scrima, on the other hand, sided with the bank and future developers.
Families in the River’s Crossing neighborhood can rest easy – for now. Dozens of people packed the City Hall chambers and asked the Plan Commission to rezone a vacant property along Clearwater. Their message was loud and clear – they didn’t want apartments in the neighborhood. The Plan Commission recommending the Common Council rezone the property from multi-family residential to two-family residential. Mayor Jeff Scrima and Commissioner R.G. Keller voted against the proposal. The rezoning requires a public hearing and Common Council approval. The property is currently owned by BMO Harris Bank. A request from Bielinski Homes for a 132-unit apartment project was placed on hold in 2010 after city staff had questions about the project, …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Mayor Jeff Scrima tells Plan Commission an interested party asked him to delay the vote hours before hearing at City Hall.
An eleventh-hour interest in a property along Clearwater Lane has put a delay in a rezoning request – and has frustrated residents in the River's Crossing subdivision. About two dozen residents in the area were prepared to ask the Waukesha Plan Commission, which was expected to vote on the rezoning Wednesday night, to change the zoning from multi-family residential to two-family residential. But when they got to the meeting, Mayor Jeff Scrima announced an interested party in the land contacted his office Wednesday to request the rezoning be placed on hold. “I have a big concern about deferring this to a later date,” said resident Debbie Hastings. “I don’t understand why when this is a matter that we are all here to talk about it. … Are we …
Dawn McBride
3:19 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
My guess it the threat of litigation. I was surprised that Alderman Patton changed his opinion. Woosies. more ›