City of Milwaukee - File #: 050295

• File #: 050295
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2005
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/15/2005
• Effective date: 12/9/2005
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to zoning requirements for group homes and community living arrangements.
• Sponsors: ALD. DAVIS, ALD. WADE, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: ZONING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/8/2005	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
11/23/2005	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/15/2005	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
11/8/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Speakers: John Hyslop - Dept. of City Development Ald. Davis Tom Gartner - City Attorney's Office	Pass	5:0
11/3/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/3/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/3/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/3/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/3/2005	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/14/2005	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED; Minutes note: This file is being published 10/14/05 and 10/21/05 for a CPC Mtg. on 10/31/05 at 2:30 p.m.
9/21/2005	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/21/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/15/2005		ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
6/15/2005		ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
6/14/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
050295
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DAVIS, WADE, MURPHY and BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to zoning requirements for group homes and community living arrangements.
Sections
295-311-2-i cr
295-503-2-f-2 rc
295-503-2-h-4 cr
295-503-2-h-5 cr
295-603-2-b-2 rc
295-603-2-d-4 cr
295-603-2-d-5 cr
295-703-2-c-2 rc
295-703-2-e-4 cr
295-703-2-e-5 cr
295-803-2-a-2 rc
295-803-2-c-4 cr
295-803-2-c-5 cr
295-905-2-b-1 rc
295-905-2-b-2 rc
295-905-2-b-3-c cr
295-905-2-b-3-d cr
Analysis
Section 48.68(4) of the Wisconsin Statutes requires that, prior to the initial licensure of a residential care center or group home by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, the license applicant shall make a good-faith effort to establish a “community advisory committee” consisting of representatives from the proposed group home or the child welfare agency that intends to operate the residential care center, the neighborhood in which the proposed facility will be located and a local unit of government. This committee shall provide a forum for communication for those persons interested in the proposed facility and shall continue in existence after licensure to make recommendations to the licensee regarding the impact of the facility on the neighborhood.

Section 50.03(4)(g), Wis. Stats., sets forth similar requirements for community-based residential facilities. (Together, residential care centers and community-based residential facilities constitute the land use referred to as “community living arrangements” in the zoning code.)

This ordinance provides that, in a situation where a group home or community living arrangement is classified by the zoning code as a limited use, one of the limited use standards shall be that the applicant for the state-issued license for the facility has complied with the provisions of s. 48.68(4) or 50.03(4)(g), Wis. Stats., as applicable. This ordinance also adds a limited use standard for a small...