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multifamily housing development

Review of plans for a planned multifamily housing neighborhood development

Watch for follow-up permits and final site/engineering details (parking, landscaping, stormwater, construction timing) as the project moves toward building.

Typically discussed at City Council. Check back when the next agenda is published.

Two 3-story apartment buildings (52 units total) at 3000 Forest Ave are now approved by the City Council. The public hearing had zero speakers, and the vote was 8-0. The plan includes an emergency-only gated driveway and a fire hydrant relocation, with some landscaping details left out of the amended plan.

  1. passed 8-0 City Council · May 4, 2026

    26-077 Public Hearing for Amendment to the General Development Plan for 3000 Forest Avenue Planned Unit Development

    Motion to approve the amendment to the General Development Plan for 3000 Forest Avenue Planned Unit Development as recommended by the Plan Commission

    Mark Bittner Yes
    Doug Brandt Yes
    Katherine Dahlke Yes
    Shannon Derby Yes
    Bill LeClair Yes
    Darla LeClair Yes
    Tim Petri Yes
    Adam Wachowski Yes
  2. passed 6-0 Plan Commission · Apr 13, 2026

    Review of Site and Architectural Plan for the construction of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a residential development at 3000 Forest Avenue, submitted by Elite Builds, Inc.

    Motion made to recommend approval of the development as amended with the condition that the fire hydrant is moved.

    Kyle Kordell Yes
    Rick Inman Yes
    Kay Koach Yes
    Kristin Lee Yes
    Matt Heckenlaible Yes
    Pat Klein Yes
    Adam Wachowski Absent
  1. Plan Commission reviewed an amended site and architectural plan for a residential Planned Unit Development at 3000 Forest Ave (Elite Builds, Inc.): two 3-story buildings with 26 units each, replacing an existing building planned for demolition.

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  2. Plan Commission noted the updated plan removed landscaping details and added a second driveway on the north side, gated for emergency vehicles only.

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  3. Plan Commission conditioned its approval recommendation on moving a proposed fire hydrant to the southeast corner of Building #2.

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  4. Plan Commission recommended approval on a 6-0 vote.

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  5. City Council held the required public hearing for an amendment to the General Development Plan for the 3000 Forest Ave Planned Unit Development to allow two 3-story, 26-unit apartment buildings (52 units total).

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  6. No one spoke during any of the three calls for public input at the City Council public hearing.

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  7. City Council approved the amendment on an 8-0 vote.

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  8. Staff described the plan as largely the same as a prior approval, with buildings pulled back from the road, landscaping removed along the frontage at an adjacent owner’s request, and a gated emergency-only secondary driveway.

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