Number
920516
Version
SUBSTITUTE
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution granting a special privilege to Do It Right Auto Sales, Inc., for a fence in the public right-of-way of South 23rd Street abutting the property known as 2301 West Forest Home Avenue, in the 8th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution grants permission to the present business (owner) to keep a chain link fence in the public right-of-way of South 23rd Street abutting the property known as 2301 West Forest Home Avenue.
Body
Whereas, With a change of property ownership in 1991 and an intent to establish a business operation that involved doing things that required the Board of Zoning Appeals approval, City staff in their review pursued the need for a landscaping buffer, in this case inside the fence; and
Whereas, The original proposal was to use small movable pots, which was not acceptable, and necessitated a landscape designer to prepare plans for resubmittal; and
Whereas, Although a plan might have subsequently been submitted and approved, it somehow was never shared with Department of Public Works so that a resolution for the fence was never prepared; nevertheless, a recent field viewing revealed an abundance of "not new" in-ground vegetation (screening); and
Whereas, As directed by the Public Improvements Committee, a resolution allowing the fence to remain is now prepared and submitted for approval of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that Do It Right Auto Body, Inc., 2224 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215, is hereby granted the following special privilege:
To keep, use and maintain a chain link fence located within the public right-of-way of South 23rd Street abutting the property known as 2301 West Forest Home Avenue as follows:
Two-foot encroachment, 121 feet in length beginning approximately 18 fe...
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