Number
041593
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
030870, 040563
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Park East Redevelopment Project in the 3rd, 4th and 6th Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
Adoption of this substitute resolution by at least two-thirds vote of the Common Council will establish a process to allow variances to the maximum height requirements set forth in Document Three: Development Code within the Park East Redevelopment Plan.
Body
Whereas, On December 15, 2003, via Resolution No. 9569, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee ("Authority") and on June 15, 2004, via File No. 030870, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee ("Common Council") adopted a Redevelopment Plan ("Plan") for the Park East Redevelopment Project; and
Whereas, The Plan was recorded on August 11, 2004, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, as Document No. 08841218; and
Whereas, On August 19, 2004, via Resolution No. 9641, the Authority and on September 21, 2004, via File No. 040563, the Common Council adopted Amendment No. 1 to the Plan; and
Whereas, The Authority desires to establish a process to allow variances to the maximum height requirements set forth in the Plan in Document Three: Development Code; and
Whereas, Amendment No. 2 to the Plan, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File, provides such a process; and
Whereas, The Authority approved Amendment No. 2 after a public hearing on April 28, 2005, and transmitted it to the Common Council for its approval; and
Whereas, The City Plan Commission of the City of Milwaukee reviewed Amendment No. 2 to the Plan and determined that it conforms to the general plan of the City of Milwaukee and to local objectives including appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements in the Project Area; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Park East Redevelopment Project, states:
"At the end of Section B.3, Document One: Renewal Plan, the following is added: In instances where a proposed building exceeds the maximum height regulation set forth in Document Three: Development Code, the building permit may be issued only if, upon recommendation of the Executive Director-Secretary, the Authority duly adopts a resolution waiving the maximum height requirements."
and is hereby approved pursuant to Section 66.1333(11)(b), Wisconsin Statutes; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk is authorized and directed to transmit to the Redevelopment Authority, the Commissioner of City Development, the Commissioner of Neighborhood Services and the Tax Commissioner a certified copy of this resolution for recording in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Milwaukee County.
Drafter
DCD:AR:ar
04/19/05