City of Milwaukee - File #: 241253

• File #: 241253
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/26/2024
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/17/2024
• Title: : Resolution directing the Board of Zoning Appeals to better utilize e-notify to inform residents of Board-related matters affecting their neighborhoods.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. MOORE, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. JACKSON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. A. PRATT, ALD. BURGELIS, ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, NEIGHBORHOODS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/19/2024	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/19/2024	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/17/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Chambers, Taylor, Pratt, Burgelis, and Perez added as cosponsors.	Pass	14:0
12/10/2024	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Ald. Sharlen Moore, 10th Ald. Dist. India Gaar, BOZA This resolution directs the Board of Zoning Appeals to better utilize e-notify to inform residents of Board-related matters affecting their neighborhoods. Ald. Zamarripa, Stamper, Jackson, and Bauman added as cosponsors.	Pass	4:0
11/26/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
241253
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
240001
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, DIMITRIJEVIC, MOORE, ZAMARRIPA, STAMPER, JACKSON, BAUMAN, CHAMBERS JR., TAYLOR, PRATT, BURGELIS AND PEREZ
Title:
Resolution directing the Board of Zoning Appeals to better utilize e-notify to inform residents of Board-related matters affecting their neighborhoods.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Board of Zoning Appeals to better utilize e-notify to inform residents of Board-related matters affecting their neighborhoods.
Body
Whereas, Each year, the Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) receives applications for, and renders decisions on, hundreds of requests for zoning-related approvals (primarily variances and special use permits); and

Whereas, These BOZA decisions impact the well-being of residents of the neighborhoods in which the subject properties are located; and

Whereas, BOZA notifies the community of matters coming before it through the mailing of notices to owners of property within code-specified distances of the subject properties; notice is not provided to non-owner residents, or to residents or owners just outside the notification radii; and

Whereas, E-notify is a system by which the City notifies Milwaukee residents of City business based on residents signing up to be notified of certain types of matters; and

Whereas, The License Division presently uses e-notify to apprise interested residents of licensing matters; and

Whereas, By using e-notify, BOZA could provide broader notice of the matters coming before it, including notice to interested residents who are not property owners, as well as to residents just outside the code-specified areas in which mail notification is provided; and

Whereas, The 2025 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 240001 on November 8, 2024; and

Whereas, Amendment 31 placed a footnote to the BOZA Administrative Manager position in the 2025 Budget instructing BOZA to “better utilize e-notify to inform residents of activities in the...