Neighbor asks planners to allow angled parking near proposed Wausau senior housing

The Wausau Plan Commission received a pre-registered letter urging angled parking on Grama Street and 3rd Street near the site of a proposed senior living development at 731 North 1st Street.

Staff read the letter into the record, stating it was from Joseph Kelly, a neighbor of the proposed development. The letter asked that Grand (Grama) Street be configured to allow angled parking on both sides between 1st and 3rd streets and that 3rd Street allow angled parking on both sides between Grant and McIndoe streets, east of the Grable building. It said angled parking has been successful on nearby blocks and at the YMCA and argued that angled stalls are faster and easier to use and would increase the number of available spaces.

The letter also requested that the proposed senior living building be set back farther from the road than the existing Grable Building to make room for angled parking.

No one spoke in person during public comment on that item; the letter was the sole pre-registered comment and was entered into the record by planning staff.