Village says no to laundromat
By Andy Steinke, Dells Events
A Lake Delton man's request to rezone his property to allow for a coin-operated laundromat was denied by the Plan Commission and Village Board Nov. 10.
Jesse Morzy owns two adjacent properties on East Adams Street — a single family residence and an apartment building — and he wanted to make the single family residence into a laundromat.
Morzy has a mixed use zoning on his property right now, which is in a commercial district, and was seeking a conditional use permit to rezone the residential building.
Village Zoning Administrator Jess Eastman said there were zoning issues with the property that Morzy wanted to change, including an insufficient number of parking stalls.
Eastman said he counted 26 stalls when he visited the property recently. According to village ordinance, the two buildings should already have at least 30 parking stalls and would need at least 33 if the single family residence was made into a laundromat, he said.
Also, the property does not meet front yard setback regulations for a commercial building because it is only 16 feet from the road, Eastman said. It would need to be at least 20 feet back to be approved.
Morzy said he understood that the property is not up to code at this time, but that he would work on it.
"I know it's not ready yet and would need to be brought up to code," he said.
Delton Fire Chief Andy Schultz said his biggest concern was changing the residential property into a commercial one, because of the different set of codes that needed to be met.
The Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial to the village board for Morzy's conditional use permit. The village board voted to deny the permit at a meeting later Nov. 10.
In other business, the commission approved a conceptual plan submitted by Steve and Diane Solava to divide their land on Country Lane.
Steve Solava said he wants to build a modular home and a two-car garage for his aging parents on his property so his wife can look after them.
Eastman said he was presented with two different plans, both of which met lot size requirements for a single family residence.
The only concerns he had were an old well on the property that needed to be properly abandoned and that the driveway would need to be at least 100 feet from Highway A.
Village Engineer John Langhans said the commission wouldn't be approving the land split if they approved the conceptual plan, they would only be accepting his plan.
The commission approved the plan unanimously so the Solavas can have a certified map of the property drawn up, and later seek to split the land.