Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The East Troy Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a Lake Road property to rebuild and slightly extend a non-conforming lakeside terrace by two feet, adding a roof and structural support. The existing terrace was in disrepair and within the shoreline setback, with the proposed changes deemed reasonable.

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Commission
Meeting Type
Planning Commission
Location
East Troy, WI
Meeting Date
September 2, 2026

Transcript

33 sections

0:14Speaker 2

Yes, I can start.

0:15 – 0:32Speaker 1

I would like to open the session of the planning commission of EastJoy for the month of August, September, excuse me. August 2nd, excuse me, September 2nd.

0:34Speaker 2

For the month of September.

0:37Speaker 1

Everyone is

0:44 – 0:59Speaker 2

Everyone is present except Jerry.

1:03 – 1:24Speaker 1

And Ben Smith. All right. Also, wir arbeiten nach nem, äh... ...einzelnen.

1:48 – 2:17Speaker 2

We work according to a single session format, that is, the applicant comes forward and explains to us what he is striving for. And then we will ... You know, we ... ... will be consulted internally ... Entschuldigung. Nein, alles gut bei Ihnen.

2:18 – 3:21Speaker 4

Wir werden also intern beraten. Also Sie als Antragsteller kommen nach vorne. Tragen Sie vor, wofür Sie die Ausnahmegenehmigung wünschen. Und dann werden wir intern beraten. Wir stellen den Teilnehmern einige Fragen und an diesem Punkt werden wir als Gremium untereinander diskutieren. Dann fragen wir, ob jemand das Anliegen befürwortet und anschließend, ob jemand Einwände gegen das Anliegen hat. Dann haben Sie die Gelegen zu einer Erwiderung, bevor wir unsere abschließenden Beratungen führen. Run-in. Normalerweise läuft es in diesen Sitzungen so ab. Wenn es keine Bedenken gibt, könnten wir zur Abstimmung schreiten, aber wir haben das Recht, die Entscheidung auf die nächste Sitzung zu vertagen, falls heute Bedenken geäußert werden, die wir klären müssen. I would like to ask the speaker to come forward and give a moment.

3:23 – 3:36Speaker 2

The first point on the agenda is the review of the protocol from last month. Does anyone have problems with the protocol from last month?

3:37Speaker 4

I support the application for approval.

3:39 – 4:11Speaker 2

Application for approval. Second. All for it? Yes. Against it? The application has been accepted. The next item on the agenda is an exception. Schorland, Wibuneth, Lake Road, Mequano property, please 003. I have one. Yes, please.

4:17 – 8:47Speaker 3

My name is Lance Johnson. My company is Nine Square Design. And tonight I'm representing Kyle Worm at his project in the WC-185 Lake Road. Kyle can be excused. He'd like to be here. He's working in Nevada, so I'm representing him alone. No. I'll explain best how it all started. I don't want to get too short, but we were in the construction department for the district and I had a kind of research discussion with Darren. We quickly noticed that the terrace was located within 75 feet of the back shoreline. So I had to find a solution so that we could continue building and advance the project. We decided to treat the terrace as a separate project so that we could start building. So I separated the two projects. We received the construction permit for the house and are currently busy renovating the main building. And we hope and wait for the exception. We ask for about two feet more terrace in the direction of the lake. At the moment it is about 1.75 meters long terrace, which is construction-related. It does not correspond to the regulations. If only the exhaust would not correspond to modern regulations, but the terrain is also too low and it is simply in a bad state. So we had to replace it anyway. And in this process, when I spoke to Kyle, he wanted the same thing as the neighbor in the east. I don't know if we have the picture that I sent, but they have a two-story terrace with a fully covered roof on the back. That was what he originally wanted and that is the plan that we have laid out for Darren. And we had to reject this plan. But when I sat down with Kyle, we had a meeting. I went to the core of what he really wanted. I mean, he wanted the big terraces, but what he actually wanted was a nice, larger area where he could go out. A better terrace, you know, in a better condition and with roofing. A little more space and a little protection. I think the sun is burning so strongly back there that it is almost unusable at times of the year, of course in the summer months. if you want to use them the most. So his real concerns were, I forget a place to go from his main bedroom to go out to have a coffee or something small in the morning. So the flat terrace on the second floor with 28 feet was way too big, was way too big. So we basically integrated this as a covered veranda into the main bedroom under the head. As you can see up there in the back and right, this is a small 5x12 area for a breakfast corner or a coffee area, which met these requirements. So we basically reduced it to a floor with a roof over it and hope that we can win this 2'2'' towards the lake. I think we are currently at 65, i.e. 63 feet. And I think if we don't get the exception permit, we could rebuild the terrace in the exact configuration, without improvements, without coverings, without enlargements. und ich müsste sie abstützen, weil wir sie nicht so freitragen lassen können, wie sie ist, ist... Es muss jetzt etwas getan werden. Sie muss also so oder so abgerissen werden. Das ist also gewissermaßen die Vorgeschichte. Und da dies mein erstes Treffen wegen Ausnahmegenehmigung ist, bitte ich um Entschuldigung. Ich bin also dankbar für Ihre Führung und Unterstützung dabei, aber... Ich denke, das ist kurz gesagt das, was wir zu erreichen versuchen. Adieu, Saige. The property itself is very ... I don't know if you have seen the layout. It is very ... at one point it is 175 feet away from the lake, then it makes a bend. And it is within ... that is the place where it is 65, 63 feet away. So, you know, 75, 75 percent of the back of the property run almost straight out. For us. It's just this strange shoreline that makes it difficult to achieve what we want to achieve. It is this short distance, this curve. As for the neighbors in the east, has this two-story terrace. They lie 16 feet in front of us. So that doesn't affect their view, it will not disturb them in any way. The neighbors in the west, with whom we were more in contact, are around Elmau. They had, as far as I know, no problems with the terrace that we suggest. And they are the opposite. They lie further back. They are a whole lot further north. So it won't change much for them either. And there's a big tree there that will stay there forever. But I think overall it won't have any too big negative effects for the neighbors at all. And then the water intake area and things like that. We keep all other construction regulations in place at the terrace. It's just about this one thing about the river bank problem.

8:51Speaker 4

Let's see what this area looks like.

8:55 – 9:23Speaker 3

And just to clarify, with the collar arm and everything, you lie within 75 feet. We are currently 63 feet away from the corner of the terrace. So we are within the area. So you are not conformed there. Probably stock, whatever you ... ... apply to enlarge it by two feet ... ... and no longer carry free, but with posts. Yes, three posts, a carrier and then, as I said, the roofing for the shadow. Probably with a steel roof, I think.

9:26 – 10:00Speaker 4

Und um den derzeitigen Zustand zu verdeutlichen, die Terrasse schließt an das Erdgeschoss an, ist aber freitragend und Sie möchten eine Dachkonstruktion. Obwohl Sie oben eine kleine Frühstücksecke hinzufügen, haben Sie keinen Ausgang vom zweiten Stock. Das wird nur eine überdachte, freitragende Veranda. And basically you add two more feet to this existing free-carrying terrace. And the file should be somewhere in the package, I think, if you want to see the drawing of the file.

10:00Speaker 3

I thought it would be in there, but if not, I can show it to you on my cell phone.

10:06 – 10:22Speaker 4

Oh, I prefer to look at the construction technical plans. I'm from the department, so I like to look at it. Vielleicht ist die bestehende Terrasse hier direkt eingezeichnet. So kann ich das sehen. Man sieht, dass es der Bestand ist, aber viele Details sind hier nicht zu erkennen.

10:22 – 10:57Speaker 2

Gibt es noch weitere Fragen? Also ja. You know, for me it looks like they would basically only want to rebuild the existing building. It is not conformal. If there were changes made by neighbors, for example due to visual impairments or the like, I could imagine that there would be a problem. But that's how I see it. There is a discussion about that.

10:59 – 11:43Speaker 4

And I look at the layout, the technical documents. The adjacent property in the east is further ahead. There is the terrace you mentioned. And also the construction drawing shows the property in the west, which clearly has no impact on the line of sight, especially with two additional feet against the state of being. I also note that there is a height difference of almost 30 feet between the sea mirror and the ground level at the exit of the basement. So there is a considerable height difference there that helps with the sight lines.

11:44 – 12:04Speaker 3

Und wenn ich dazu etwas ergänzen darf, bin ich froh, dass Sie nach oben gegangen sind. Nutzbare Fläche ist auf diesem Grundstück nachher schwierig. Dies ist also ein Teil der nutzbaren Fläche, die er zu gewinnen versucht, wissen Sie, weil das wichtig ist. Das meiste davon ist, und Sie werden nächstes Jahr einige Stützmauerarbeiten durchführen, glaube ich, und einige Änderungen vornehmen, glaube ich, und Änderungen vornehmen. Aber es ist schwierig, das nur mit Unterhaltungs- und Freizeitbereich zu bewältigen. Das ist es, was er auf diese Weise ein wenig mehr zu gewinnen versucht.

12:05 – 12:36Speaker 4

Aber, ja, und sicherlich sind diese Gespräche, wissen Sie, für ein anderes Mal, was Störungen innerhalb dieser 75 Fuß- und Bauwerke betrifft. But yes, I mean, you know, when we're talking to each other here, it's... It seems reasonable for what is being applied here tonight. But certainly only for the sake of structural security of the existing building regulations, which you would have to comply with after the construction, whether thought through or not.

12:38 – 13:12Speaker 3

And I also think he wants to upgrade it a little. Since we are building, we tear down the second floor and add some space. But we are configuring it again and he also wants to upgrade it in relation to the general essence of improvement. Do you understand what I mean? So this is something we want to do with the terrace, to lift it up a little. I don't think we demand a lot, but I don't know the world of exceptional permits and, you know, this is my first time with it. But yes, we're just going to rebuild everything. And he just wants to upgrade it a little bit to bring it into sound in the front.

13:12Speaker 4

Extend the second stop to the outside in the direction of the lake. It will remain within the foundation. So the existing structure will be 100% within the foundation.

13:21Speaker 2

Julie, do you have anything else?

13:30Speaker 4

Unter uns haben wir irgendwelche Einwände.

13:34 – 13:48Speaker 1

Fragen dazu? Alles klar. Danke. Möchte jemand aus dem Publikum für den Vorschlag sprechen? Möchte jemand gegen den Vorschlag sprechen? Dann würde ich einen

13:52 – 14:48Speaker 4

Well, based on the information presented tonight, I think this is a reasonable suggestion. We always have to take into account the relevant spatial laws. Certainly also the inhabitants who are here and can we, through today's approval, cause any hardness for them. I think that's a reasonable answer. Do we have an application?

14:48Speaker 3

Today I ask that we approve the conditional use, our conditional approval of the building as prescribed by floor no.

14:54Speaker 4

PPT 0000 003. Do we have an application?

15:04Speaker 1

Do we have a supporter? Support all for it?

15:11 – 15:22Speaker 2

Against? Opposed? Thank you.

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