100 North Appleton Street  
Appleton, WI 54911-4799  
www.appletonwi.gov  
City of Appleton  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Plan Commission  
Wednesday, August 26, 2026  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers, 6th Floor  
Call meeting to order  
1.  
Meeting called to order by Vice Chair Lambrecht at 3:31 p.m.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Roll call of membership  
2.  
3.  
Mayor Woodford appeared virtually and participated via Zoom.  
6 - Palm, Mayor Woodford, Neuberger, Carpenter, Dougherty and Lambrecht  
1 - Robins  
Present:  
Excused:  
Others present:  
Alderperson Brad Firkus, District #3 (virtually via Zoom)  
Alderperson Denise Fenton, District #6  
Jed W. Engel, 1745 N. Superior Street  
Bonnie Nussbaum, Fox Cities Housing Coalition  
Cynthia Whitely, Fox Cities Housing Coalition  
Dana Curry, 2025 E. Lourdes Drive  
Jack Herkowski, Fox Cities Chamber  
Jennifer Stephany, Appleton Downtown Inc.  
Walter Schonfeld, BID Board President  
William J. Wetzel Jr., 18 Sunny Slope Court  
Tim Ceman, 2520 Crestview Drive  
Approval of minutes from previous meeting  
26-1082  
4.  
City Plan Minutes from 8-12-26  
Attachments:  
City Plan Minutes 8-12-26.pdf  
Palm moved, seconded by Neuberger, that the Minutes be approved. Roll Call.  
Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Mayor Woodford, Neuberger, Carpenter, Dougherty and Lambrecht  
1 - Robins  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Public Hearing/Appearances  
Action Items  
5.  
6.  
26-1083  
Annual review and request to approve the Downtown Appleton Business  
Improvement District (BID) 2027 Operating Plan  
Attachments:  
StaffMemo_2027BIDOperatingPlan_For08-26-26.pdf  
2027 BID Operating Plan.pdf  
2025 ADI-BID-CDA Annual Report.pdf  
Carpenter moved, seconded by Palm, that the Downtown BID 2027 Operating  
Plan be recommended for approval. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following  
vote:  
6 - Palm, Mayor Woodford, Neuberger, Carpenter, Dougherty and Lambrecht  
1 - Robins  
Aye:  
Excused:  
26-1096  
Resolution #11-R-26 Hyperscale AI Data Center Moratorium  
Attachments:  
11-R-26 Hyperscale AI Data Center Moratorium.pdf  
Referred to Community Development Department and Attorney's Office staff and report  
back at the September 23 Plan Commission meeting.  
Palm moved, seconded by Carpenter, that Resolution #11-R-26 be referred to  
City staff from the Community Development Department and Attorney's Office  
and brought back to the September 23 Plan Commission meeting. Roll Call.  
Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Mayor Woodford, Neuberger, Carpenter, Dougherty and Lambrecht  
1 - Robins  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Information Items  
7.  
26-1084  
Proposed draft text amendments to Chapter 23 Zoning Ordinance and  
Chapter 11 Manufactured and Mobile Homes and Manufactured and  
Mobile Home Communities of the Municipal Code relating to Sec. 23-2,  
23-3, 23-37 and 23-40 Introduction and General Provisions, Sec. 23-22  
Words and terms defined, Sec. 23-50 Dimensional exceptions and  
modifications, Sec. 23-51 Zoning with design requirements and Sec.  
11-4 Placement of manufactured or mobile homes outside licensed  
community prohibited; exceptions, Sec. 23-55 Accessory dwelling units  
(attached and detached) and Sec. 23-56 Junior accessory dwelling units  
(JADU), Sec. 23-66 Special use permits and special regulations, Article  
V Residential Districts, Article VI Commercial Districts, Article VII  
Industrial Districts, Sec. 23-172 Off-street parking and loading standards,  
and Article XIV Signs  
Attachments:  
StaffMemo_ZOTextAmendments_2026Bundle_For08-26-26.pdf  
The 2026 Zoning Ordinance text amendments bundle was presented and  
discussed.  
Adjournment  
8.  
Neuberger moved, seconded by Palm, that the meeting be adjourned at 3:59  
p.m. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Palm, Mayor Woodford, Neuberger, Carpenter, Dougherty and Lambrecht  
1 - Robins  
Aye:  
Excused: