Brookfield developer Joe Niebler will ask for city approval to develop 16 more home sites in The Shire subdivision, according to a Business Journal report.

Business Journal reporter Sean Ryan detailed Niebler's plans for outlots that have been under a building moratorium since 2004. The moratorium was in place during state testing for potential contamination problems stemming from a closed Waste Management landfill.

A city committee monitoring the site last month asked the Common Council to disband the committee and follow the state's recommendations in a report, according to this . The state recommended that Waste Management install a mitigation trench and build a retaining wall. Any new outlot development, the state said, should include sub-slab vapor mitigation systems with a liner, coarse gravel base, perforated piping, a sealed sump and fan.