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File #: 050622    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/7/2005 In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 10/18/2005
Effective date: 11/4/2005    
Title: A substitute ordinance creating a special zoning district to be known as the “redevelopment district”.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ZONING
Attachments: 1. Communication from the Zoning Code Technical Committee, 2. CPC letter, 3. CPC Notice Published on 9-19-05 and 9-26-05.PDF, 4. Notice Published 11-03-05.PDF
Number
050622
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance creating a special zoning district to be known as the “redevelopment district”.
Sections
295-901 am
295-909 cr
Analysis
This ordinance creates a new type of special zoning district, the “redevelopment district”. This zoning designation may be applied to any area of the city where the common council has adopted a redevelopment plan in accordance with the state of Wisconsin’s blighted area law. The use regulations and design standards for a particular redevelopment district shall be as specified in the redevelopment plan for that district. For all matters other than use regulations and design standards, the existing provisions of the zoning code shall apply.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 295-901 of the code is amended to read:

295-901. Special District Purposes. Special districts are intended to identify areas of the city that have unique qualities requiring special treatment or locations where special approaches to development may be warranted. Special districts are base districts designed to protect or regulate the development of unique areas or to provide more flexible zoning districts which encourage good design and site layout. Special districts contain or provide >>, by reference,<< all applicable zoning regulations.

Part 2. Section 295-909 of the code is created to read:

295-909. Redevelopment District (RED). 1. PURPOSE. The redevelopment district is established to provide a zoning context that may be applied to areas of the city where the common council has adopted a redevelopment plan, as defined by
s. 66.1331(3)(Lm), Wis. Stats., and the plan includes specific regulations for the use, development and design of properties and structures within its boundaries. The redevelopment district shall be shown on the zoning map with a “RED” designator.

2. USES. Permitted, li...

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