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Village of Somers

Land Use Study

Jeff Muenkel AICP CEcD

Project Planner Foth

Land Use Study

(February – Present)

Intro & Background

Goals

• Ensure future land uses are appropriate adjacent to a major

interstate freeway and other land uses to the east;

• Ensure future uses are following area market development

trends occurring along the I-94 corridor;

• Establishing a sanitary sewer service area;
• Establishing more opportunities for businesses and jobs;
• Creating additional tax base and revenue for the Village;
• Ensuring that developers/ residents have an understanding of

what types of land uses are encouraged for their lands.

Study Layout

• Background/Goals
• Sec 1: Recommendations
• Sec 2: Current Conditions

▪ Existing Land Use ▪ Zoning ▪ Environmental ▪ Market Analysis ▪ Today: Public Input

Existing Future Land Use: 2035

• Kenosha County Multi-

Jurisdictional Plan:2035

• Ag/Open North
• Commercial/Office/Busi

ness Park South

• Residential Transition

Future Land Use: 2050

• General

▪ Let Market Guide ▪ Development Trends Not Truly Known ▪ Define Business Park ▪ Keep Transition in Community ▪ 2050!

Future Land Use: 2050

• Business/Industrial Park: Allows all uses commonly found in an Industrial Park
• r Business Park setting consisting of large manufacturing and warehousing

businesses along with the commercial and residential uses required to support the area large business uses and the associated employee base. Supporting commercial uses commonly include retail, restaurant, office, and service related

• developments. Civic developments promoting tourism and institutional

developments may also occur. This land use plan designation may support commercial and industrial zoning districts in the Village subject to how a proposed development adheres to an overall business park setting where the development is proposed within.

Future Land Use: 2050

• New Business Park

Classification

• Commercial

Supporting Uses

• First 94 Park as-is
• Med. Dens. 100th

Ave

• High Dens. Res

Opportunity

Future Land Use: 2050

• New Business Park

Classification

• Commercial

Supporting Uses

• Remove School Use
• Med. Dens. 100th Ave
• High Dens. Res

Opportunity

Future Land Use: 2050

• New Business Park Classification
• Med. Dens. Transition
• High Dens. Res Opportunity

Future Land Use: 2050

General Recommendations

• Sewer Service Area
• Infrastructure
• Development Design
• School Planning

General Recommendations

• Housing
• Target Industries
• Marketing
• Village Beautification/

Identification

What’s Next?

• Comments/Questions/Ideas Tonight
• Incorporate Your Opinions in Final Study
• Future Village Meetings w/ Public Hearing

▪ June 2018