Plan Commission approves three Inpro parking expansions, allows curb waivers with exterior parking stops

The Muskego City Plan Commission on Aug. 5 approved three separate building, site and operation plan amendments for Inpro properties in the industrial park: PC0342025 (Gemini Drive), PC03502025 (Mercury Drive) and PC0362025 (Saturn Drive). The applications seek additional employee and overflow parking at three Inpro sites.

Planning staff described the three requests as similar: adding parking area on currently vegetated portions or reconfiguring small areas behind existing buildings. Staff noted code compliance in most respects but listed curb-and-gutter as an open question because the city has required curbing on other recent parking expansions in the park. Staff recommended curbing in the packet but said engineering would determine any stormwater requirements.

The Inpro representative, Greg Paus, told the commission the new parking would be largely screened by trees at some sites and would serve employee parking or overflow use. At the Gemini Drive site, Paus said trees provide screening and the design displaces three stalls; at Mercury Drive the new parking is behind a building and less visible; at the Saturn Drive site the expansion is piecemeal and intended as overflow until the company can acquire adjacent parcels for a future building.

Commissioners debated whether to hold applicants to the commission's recent practice of requiring curb and gutter. Several said parking stops (wheel stops) are an acceptable alternative for exterior stalls that abut landscaping or turf, noting parking stops can be removed if lots are later reconfigured. Staff and commissioners discussed that parking stops are susceptible to plowing damage in winter and that where curbing is waived the commission should require parking stops on any exterior stalls that abut grass. One commissioner said the Gemini parcel—being a newer, visible lot—could reasonably be curbed.

Each petition was amended on the floor to reflect the commission's decisions about curbing and parking stops and then approved. After the Gemini approval, a staff member clarified that parking stops would be required where curbing was waived. The record shows voice votes in favor for each amended resolution.

The approvals allow Inpro to proceed with paving and striping as approved; final engineering review and any required stormwater or erosion controls remain part of permitting.

Votes at a glance: PC0342025 (IMPRO Gemini) — approved as amended; PC03502025 (Inpro Mercury) — approved as amended; PC0362025 (IMPRO Saturn) — approved as amended.