The Cambridge village board voted to rezone land at the end of Westgate Court beside the new Kwik Trip for potential future high density housing.
The official change was to neighborhood mixed use, which would allow for a variety of housing types and densities, depending on specific project proposals and what the Cambridge plan commission and village board will allow in the future.
Village President Paula Hollenbeck clarified at the April 28 village board meeting that this approval did not guarantee a certain type of housing would be on the property. Any development proposal would be considered by the plan commission and village board for approval.
While the applicant, Mike Herl, planned to sell the land to a developer, he proposed a concept in the village board packet that indicated potential options for the land. That concept recommended extending the current Westgate Court road to three lots with a three-story mixed use building to the north, three three-story multi-family buildings in the center, and 15 two-story duplexes to the south. That would total about 135 to 155 units on the land...
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Leo's notes: Cambridge is taking an important early step toward higher-density housing by rezoning land near Westgate Court to “neighborhood mixed use,” opening the door for a potential 135–155 unit development. While no specific project is approved, the move signals a shift toward allowing duplexes, multifamily buildings, and mixed-use structures in a land-constrained community. For small and mid-sized communities, decisions like this are increasingly unavoidable—without zoning flexibility, housing supply stalls; with it, communities must actively plan for infrastructure, services, and growth management.
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