NUMB:
951758
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
890450
XXBY:
ALD. MCNAMARA-MCGRAW
TITL:
Resolution approving the Riverside Park Area Study
and directing implementation of various
recommendations of this study.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution approves the Riverside Park Area
Study dated January 18, 1991, as well as the
recommendations of the study which were approved by
the City Plan Commission on July 13, 1992. It also
designates the study recommendations as part of the
City's Master Plan. This resolution further
authorizes various City departments and agencies to
take the actions necessary to implement the approved
recommendations.
BODY:
Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number
890450, adopted June 27, 1989, directed the
preparation of a market study and land use plan for
the area generally bounded by North Oakland Avenue,
East Locust Street, East North Avenue and the
Milwaukee River; and
Whereas, On July 13, 1992, the City Plan Commission
approved the Riverside Park Area Study, dated January
18, 1991, with the following recommendations:
Short-Term Recommendations
1. Milwaukee County, the City of Milwaukee and
Wisconsin Paperboard should agree to land
transactions, including specific conveyances for
roadways and alleys, to create a consolidated
industrial campus. The impact of these transactions
on access to the area should be considered in
consultation with affected private property owners.
2. Steps should be taken to create and extend a new
roadway which would improve access to both private
land and Riverside Park. This roadway should
generally abut the west side of the former Chicago
and North Western Railroad right-of-way from East
North Avenue to East Park Place.
3. The existing bridge at East Belleview Place
should remain open until the new roadway is
available. If the bridge is declared unsafe and must
be closed to vehicular traffic, every reasonable
effort should be made to provide continuous alternate
access to properties north of East Belleview Place.
4. If the North Avenue Dam remains open or is
removed, a pedestrian corridor accessible to the
public should be developed between the river channel
and the bottom of the bluff. If the Dam is closed, a
building setback extending east from the top of the
bluff should be established. The purpose of the
setback would be to provide an opportunity to develop
a pedestrian path from North Avenue to Riverside
Park. Affected property owners should be consulted
relative to public access improvements in the area.
5. If the Common Council approves this study, a
site plan review overlay district, with related
design guidelines, should be established. These
guidelines should emphasize techniques or design
strategies for the area between East North Avenue and
Riverside Park which will improve the
visual/aesthetic impact of new developments on
neighboring properties. Affected property owners
should be consulted during the preparation of these
guidelines.
Mid-Term Recommendations
1. A pedestrian, river-edge trail should be
developed to connect Riverside Park with Caesar's
Park.
2. County-owned land within the study area should
be used in a manner consistent with the
recommendations of this study. The County should
continue to use Riverside Park as an environmental
center and should only develop its vacant land in the
area for active recreational use after a need for
such development is clearly shown.
3. When the new roadway access has been provided,
the City should undertake the rezoning of the area
from Industrial to Light Manufacturing. Light
Manufacturing zoning would allow continuation of
existing uses but would limit new uses to those which
would be more compatible with nearby residences and
the river corridor.
4. When decisions on light rail routes are made,
the recommendations of this study should be
reassessed.
Long-Term Recommendations
1. The City should promote mixed-use developments
if any existing industrial uses become obsolete andare no longer viable, or if County land is declared
surplus and available for development.
2. If the area is redeveloped for residential
and/or recreational purposes, construction of a new
bridge over the former railroad right-of-way at East
Park Place or East Belleview Place to improve
pedestrian and vehicular access should be considered.
The design of the bridge should recognize the
integrity of the Riverside Park Nature Area.
3. The County and City should continue to test
market conditions and retain open dialogue on land
use and development issues with private property
owners in the study area and members of the community
immediately surrounding the study area.
; and
Whereas, The Common Council desires to establish said
recommendations as City policy and part of the City's
Master Plan; and
Whereas, The Common Council wishes to have the proper
City departments initiate steps to implement said
study recommendations; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of
Milwaukee, that the Riverside Park Area Study dated
January 18, 1991, and the recommendations therein
which are noted above as approved by the City Plan
Commission on July 13, 1992, are approved; and, be it
Further Resolved, That said recommendations are
designated a part of the City's Master Plan; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Department of City
Development is authorized and directed to coordinate
the City's implementation of the Riverside Park Area
Study recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Plan Commission is
authorized and directed to prepare the site plan
review overlay district for the study area as
recommended in the study and to present the overlay
district to the Common Council for consideration at
its July 12, 1996, meeting; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Department of Building
Inspection is authorized and directed to withhold the
issuance of building permits for new construction
within the study area until such time as the site
plan review overlay district has been established;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That all City officials,
departments, boards and commissions are authorized
and directed to take all actions necessary to
implement the intent and purpose of this resolution
and the Riverside Park Area Study.
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