Plan would cap lakefront building height at 3 stories

Port Washington Plan Commission members last week gave conceptual approval to the idea of allowing three story buildings on the city’s lakefront and four-story structures elsewhere in the historic downtown.

“In general, I’m comfortable with the phasing,” Mayor Ted Neitzke, chairman of the commission, said. “I like how you have it staged.”

He said he especially likes the fact the proposal maintains lower buildings along the lakefront while allowing taller structures along the outskirts of downtown, especially the area west of Milwaukee Street.