Waukesha - Waukesha County will have to get clearance from both state and local historic preservation authorities before it can move ahead with plans for its $37 million health and human services office building.
The Waukesha Plan Commission on Wednesday tabled the county's request for site and architectural approval, as well as for rezoning 14.5 acres in the middle of Moor Downs Golf Course. The zoning change would convert existing office building, parking lots and the site of the proposed three-story, 137,017-square-foot building on Riverview Ave. from parks designation to institutional use.
The county's nine-hole golf course and the former resort building, where mud baths were famously featured in the early 1900s, were listed as the Grand View Health Resort on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The city listed it as a local landmark in 2001.
Kimberly Cook of the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office said once a complete set of information about the proposal and impact is submitted to the state office, which it has not yet received, the state compliance officer has 30 days to review it and respond.