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File #: 090128    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/27/2009 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 7/7/2009
Effective date: 7/24/2009    
Title: Substitute ordinance relating to the First Amendment to a General Planned Development, known as Milwaukee County Zoo, for an off-premise electronic changeable message sign, on land located South of West Bluemound Road and East of North Mayfair Road, in the 10th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: SIGNS
Attachments: 1. City Plan Commission letter, 2. Exhibit A, 3. Sign Drawings, 4. Site Plan, 5. Photos, 6. Proposed Zoning Change Map, 7. Affadavit for Zoning Change, 8. Hearing Notice List, 9. Notice Published on 6-12-09 and 6-22-09
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
7/23/20091 CITY CLERK PUBLISHED   Action details Meeting details Not available
7/10/20091 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
7/7/20091 COMMON COUNCIL PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
6/30/20091 ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE

Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Vanessa Koster, DCD Ald. Zielinski at the table at 9:16 a.m. Ald. Murphy says that he is in support of the signage, in part because it is an existing sign and because an additional 30,000 dollars per year will go to the Zoo as part of the agreement. In opposition: Marty Wall, citizen who lives in District 10. He says that he is concerned about the number of signs in the area. He also says that Clear Channel is not a good corporate citizen and he is concerned that th new sign will dominate the intersection. Mr. Wall also expressed concern about the height of the sign. Ms. Koster says that there is just a sign face change and the sign will not be any higher than the current incarnation. Ald. Wade at the table at 9:24 a.m. Charles Wikenhauser, Director of the Milwaukee County Zoo. He says that if the zoo needs the space for development, there is a provision in the contract to relocate the sign.
Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/20091 ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/20091 ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/9/20091 CITY CLERK DRAFT SUBMITTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/2/20090 ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REFERRED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/27/20090 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available
Number
090128
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
050579
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute ordinance relating to the First Amendment to a General Planned Development, known as Milwaukee County Zoo, for an off-premise electronic changeable message sign, on land located South of West Bluemound Road and East of North Mayfair Road, in the 10th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This amendment will allow for the replacement of the existing sign face with an electronic changeable message sign for the existing off-premise sign at the southeast corner of West Bluemound Road and North Mayfair Road.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”), do ordain as follows:

Part 1. There is added to the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances (“Code”) a new section to read as follows:

Section 295-907(2)(a).0054.

(1) In accordance with the provisions of Section 295-907(2) of the Code relating to the procedures and establishment of planned development districts, the Common Council approves the subject amended General Planned Development, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File as Exhibit A which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and made a part as though fully set forth herein.

(2) The zoning map reaffirms the zoning for the area bounded and described as follows:

That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 7 North, Range 21 East, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, described as follows:

Commencing at the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 29; thence North 88 deg. 28 min. 14 sec. East along the south line of said 1/4 Section, 339.54 feet to the east right-of-way line of the Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Company Railroad; thence North 17 deg. 29 min. 23 sec. West along the east right-of-way line of said Railroad, 49.90 feet to a found pipe and the point of beginning of the following described parcel; thence North 17 deg. 40 min. 34 sec. West along the east right-of-way line of said Railroad, 377.60 feet to a ...

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