Number
240402
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
220403, 230231, 230958, 221580, 230954
Sponsor
ALD. BROSTOFF, ALD. CHAMBERS, ALD. ZAMARRIPA
Title
A substitute ordinance adopting the Growing MKE Plan as the Housing and Neighborhoods Element of the Citywide Policy Plan as part of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan, and directing implementation.
Analysis
This ordinance adopts the Growing MKE Plan as the Housing and Neighborhoods Element of the Citywide Policy Plan as part of the City’s Overall Comprehensive Plan, and directs relevant City departments and agencies to consider this Plan in matters related to land use and development and work toward implementation of the Plan.
Body
Whereas, On March 2, 2010, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) adopted Common Council File No. 090882, approving the Citywide Policy Plan as an element of the City of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan pursuant to s. 66.1001, Wisconsin Statutes., which requires that local municipalities adopt and periodically update a comprehensive plan containing an element that includes objectives, policies, and goals for housing and neighborhoods; and
Whereas, The Citywide Policy Plan includes a “Housing and Neighborhoods” chapter, which serves as the Housing Element of the City of Milwaukee’s Citywide Policy Plan, and, that, along with the recommendations contained within the 14 Area Plans that make up the City of Milwaukee Comprehensive Plan, makes recommendations related to housing development and land use throughout the city; and
Whereas, On July 28, 2022, the Common Council adopted Common Council File No. 220403, directing the Department of City Development (“DCD”) to develop an update to the housing element of the Citywide Policy Plan to include proposed updates to portions of the City of Milwaukee’s Zoning Code that govern residential development; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee’s (“City”) procedures for comprehensive planning call for the creation ...
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