TOWN OF SEVASTOPOL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A conditional use permit for a proposed Class A motor coach community in Door County was unanimously rejected late Tuesday night.
The project would be built on abandoned quarry land, just off Bayshore Drive and across the street from George K. Pinney County Park, in the Town of Sevastopol.
Capacity limits kept people from Sevastopol’s Plan Commission meeting as the developers for the proposed project, Quarry Bluff LLC, explained their plans.
“I can’t imagine a quieter, more desirable demographic,” said Pete Hurth of Baudhuin Surveying & Engineering, who is working with Quarry Bluff LLC. “I can’t imagine the incredible impact this will have on local businesses.”
The plans call for 117 owner-occupied lots, averaging 9,000 square feet in size. Each lot would have a slab for a motor coach and the option to build a home with a first floor maximum of 1,200 square feet.
The developers say only Class A motor coaches would be allowed in the gated community, which typically run between $200,000 and more than $2 million.
Hurth calls this a rare business opportunity
“There is currently no facility catering specifically to and capable of supporting a Class A motor coach enthusiast in Door County, or for that matter in Wisconsin.”
As evidenced by the crowd for the meeting, and the signs lining Sevastopol streets, many residents don’t want the quarry site developed as proposed.
“The whole impact on Bayshore Drive has just been blown off and passed onto the taxpayers,” said James Mitsche, a Sevastopol resident who led several organized resident speakers, who each touched on a variety of concerns they have with the project.
Resident concerns include property value impacts, air quality, extra traffic, noise, and safety.
Plan Commission member Jim Nellen called the developer’s 500-page application incomplete, specifically questioning the value of their traffic study.
“Just looking at the application that has been presented and its failure to provide the information necessary for us to make a decision, you have put us in a terrible bind.”
“To say that our submittal is incomplete or flawed, I object to that,” said Hurth.
The developers say a full build-out of their plan would likely take 8 to 10 years. Infrastructure construction would be completed before individual parcels would be sold off.
While the plan commission recommended denial of the conditional use permit, the full town board is scheduled to make the final vote next Monday. County approvals are also needed before construction can start.
