NUMB:
971179
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. HENNINGSEN AND KALWITZ
TITL:
Substitute resolution creating a Zoning Code Task Force to revise Milwaukee's Zoning Code and related provisions.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution creates a Zoning Code Task Force to revise Milwaukee's Zoning Code and related (zoning appeals) provisions. The task force will consist of 6 members - 3 appointed by the Common Council President and 3 by the Mayor - with the Common Council President and the Mayor serving as ex-officio advisors. A consultant will be hired using Department of City Development funds to prepare the zoning code revision. A progress report to the Common Council on the revision is scheduled on or before September 1, 1998, with the final report due to the Council on or before November 24, 1998. The task force will also prepare a report on revising zoning appeals procedures, which will be submitted to the Common Council on or before April 1, 1998. Staff assistance to the committee - both clerical and professional - will be provided by the Department of City Development.
BODY:
Whereas, Milwaukee's zoning code was initially enacted in 1920 and has been revised in a piecemeal fashion since, with the last significant revision occurring in 1984, when the code's 3-map system was revised to a single-map system; and
Whereas, Notwithstanding zoning code adjustments over the years, the zoning code is unnecessarily complicated and cumbersome due to piecemeal changes made to the original code which is now more than 70 years old; and
Whereas, The zoning code needs to be updated and made more consistent with community planning objectives and responsive to contemporary development trends, particularly because many development proposals need additional considerations to be permitted (special uses) or need legal relief (variances); and
Whereas, It is apparent that major revision is necessary and provision must be made for revision; now, therefore,...
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