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File #: 060684    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/26/2006 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2006
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution amending a special privilege to Milwaukee Fortress, LLC for change of ownership for a backup driveway and granting permission for steps and a double excess door swing encroachment for the premises at 100 East Pleasant Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: SPECIAL PRIVILEGE PERMITS
Attachments: 1. Petition for a Special Privilege.PDF, 2. DPW-Infra. reply letter, 3. Fiscal note
Number
060684
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
59-1583
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution amending a special privilege to Milwaukee Fortress, LLC for change of ownership for a backup driveway and granting permission for steps and a double excess door swing encroachment for the premises at 100 East Pleasant Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution amends a special privilege for change of ownership to Milwaukee Fortress, LLC for a backup driveway and grants permission for steps and a double excess door swing encroachment for the premises at 100 East Pleasant Street, also known at 1718 North 1st Street.
Body
Whereas, Fred M. Feld and Harry A. Stearns petitioned for a special privilege to keep and maintain a loading space and wood platform in the public right-of-way, which serves as a backup driveway; and

Whereas, Permission for said backup driveway was granted in 1959 under Common Council File Number 59-1583; and

Whereas, Milwaukee Fortress, LLC now owns the property; and

Whereas, A site visit revealed the presence of two concrete steps and a double excess door swing encroachment in the public right-of-way; and

Whereas, Said steps and double excess door swing encroachment may only legally encroach into the public right-of-way by the granting of a special privilege resolution by the Common Council; and

Whereas, For the liability for the backup driveway to be formally transferred to the current property owner, the Common Council needs to adopt an amending resolution; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Common Council File Number 59-1583 is hereby rescinded; and, be it

Further Resolved, That Milwaukee Fortress, LLC, c/o Richard A. Wiegand, 100 East Pleasant Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 is hereby granted the following special privileges:

1. To keep and maintain a backup driveway within the east, 22-foot wide sidewalk area of North 1st Street to serve an 11-foot w...

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