Waukesha City’s Plan Commission on Oct. 22 recommended rezoning roughly 25.9445 acres along Meadowbrook Road and unanimously approved a final site plan and planned-unit-development (PUD) review for a 119‑unit senior housing development proposed by Tuca Properties.

Doug, the applicant’s representative, presented a consolidated package that included the rezoning request, PUD site-plan and architectural review, and a certified survey map (CSM). The site is vacant agricultural land along the west side of Meadowbrook Road north of Coldwater Creek. The project footprint was shown as three planned areas: a future commercial area at the south end, the senior housing facility in the middle, and proposed duplexes to the north.

Under the staff presentation, the commission was told that the rezoning would change the property from temporary T1 zoning to a mix of B5 community commercial (6.04 acres), I‑1 institutional with a PUD overlay (7.2978 acres) for the senior facility, and RD‑2 two‑family residential (12.6427 acres) for the duplexes. The I‑1 institutional designation allows senior housing and the PUD overlay was requested to permit a 53‑foot maximum building height (the I‑1 residential standard would otherwise limit height to 40 feet).

The final site plan shows a connected building with a four‑story wing and two single‑story wings. The four‑story portion would contain 64 independent‑living units; one single‑story wing would provide 25 assisted‑plus units and the other would provide 30 memory‑care units, for a total of 119 units. The plan includes about 28 underground parking stalls and roughly 97 surface spaces, shared common spaces (dining, activity rooms, lobbies), patios and walking paths, and multiple stormwater basins to handle grading changes.

Staff noted approximately 350 trees were surveyed and about half would be removed for development; many of the trees flagged for removal are mulberries, black walnut, box elder, buckthorn and other invasive or low‑quality species. The developer’s landscape plan adds native trees and significant plantings along property edges. The plan shows the senior building set back and screened from existing single‑family homes across Meadowbrook Road by berming and landscaping; the nearest single‑story portion of the proposed building would be more than 400 feet from houses across the road and the northern edge of the Woodland Hills subdivision is roughly 1,200 feet away.

Commissioners asked about details including trash handling (staff said interior collection was likely), pedestrian connections around the building, memory‑care outdoor enclosure, neighborhood outreach and the rationale for rezoning the future commercial area now. Staff said a neighborhood meeting had been held and that land‑use designations in the master plan support mixed commercial/residential activity in that corridor.

The commission voted to recommend rezoning the property as described, to approve the final site plan and PUD review for the 119‑unit facility proposed by Tuca Properties, and to recommend approval of a 3‑lot certified survey map with public street dedication for Corn Hills Drive (public street extension). Each motion passed by voice vote and was recorded as unanimous.

Next steps are Common Council and administrative actions to finalize rezoning, the CSM and any required developer agreements for public‑street construction and other conditions noted by staff.