Number
090396
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to zoning district boundary descriptions.
Sections
295-109-3 am
295-109-4 rc
Analysis
This ordinance stipulates that zoning district boundaries shall follow property lines. A district boundary shall not follow a street, alley or railroad centerline, or a watercourse centerline unless the centerline is also a property line. These rules shall not apply to the boundaries of overlay zoning districts.
This ordinance also provides that, if a land combination or division resulting from a right-of-way vacation will result in a lot being located in 2 zoning districts, the commissioner of city development shall assign a single zoning designation to the lot, that designation being the zoning district in which the majority of the lot is located.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 295-109-3 of the code is amended to read:
295-109. Zoning Map.
3. COMBINING OR DIVIDING PROPERTY. To insure that the zoning of property reflects its suitability for specific uses, the combination or division of lots will only be permitted if the lot or lots created meet the requirements of this chapter and each lot is located wholly within one base zoning district. >>If a land combination or division resulting from a right-of-way vacation will result in a lot being located in 2 zoning districts, the commissioner shall assign a single zoning designation to the lot, that designation being the zoning district in which the majority of the lot is located.<<
Part 2. Section 295-109-4 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
4. DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. The following rules shall be used to establish the precise location of any zoning district boundary line shown on the zoning map:
a. Except as provided in par. c, every district boundary line shall coincide with a property line. The centerlines of streets, alle...
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