City of Milwaukee - File #: 000739

• File #: 000739
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/6/2000
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/28/2000
• Effective date: 12/15/2000
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to distance requirements for bed and breakfast establishments.
• Sponsors: ALD. HENNINGSEN
• Indexes: HOTELS AND MOTELS, TOURIST TRADE, ZONING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/14/2000	3	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
12/7/2000	3	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/28/2000	3	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
11/21/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
11/15/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/15/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/15/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/14/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/14/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/31/2000	3	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
10/27/2000	3	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED; Minutes note: This file is being published 10/27/00 & 11/03/00 for a CPC Meeting on 11/13/00.
9/28/2000	3	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/22/2000	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/19/2000	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
9/15/2000	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/12/2000	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/11/2000	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/7/2000		ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/7/2000		ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/6/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
000739
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
941690
Sponsor
ALD. HENNINGSEN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to distance requirements for bed and breakfast establishments.
Sections
295-14-11 rc
Analysis
This ordinance provides that the 600-foot spacing requirment for bed and breakfast establishments shall not apply to establishments located in the area bounded by West Juneau Avenue, West Michigan Street, North 27th Street and North 35th Street. It also eliminates the prohibition on any structural addition or renovation to a bed and breakfast establishment outside the dimensions of the original structure.
Body
Whereas, On May 5, 1987, the Common Council passed File Number 86-413, an ordinance establishing zoning regulations for bed and breakfast establishments; and

Whereas, This ordinance required that each bed and breakfast establishment be located at least 2,500 feet from any other bed and breakfast establishment, that the bed and breakfast establishment be the owner's personal residence and that the bed and breakfast establishment be occupied by the owner while rooms in the establishment are rented out; and

Whereas, On July 30, 1996, the Common Council passed File Number 941690, an ordinance that made a number of revisions to the bed and breakfast regulations, including a reduction of the spacing requirement from 2,500 feet to 600 feet; and

Whereas, The spacing requirement for bed and breakfast establishments was originally intended to prevent the proliferation and over-concentration of such establishments in certain residential Milwaukee neighborhoods, a concern that is no longer relevant in many parts of the city; and

Whereas, In the West Side neighborhood bordered by West Juneau Avenue, West Michigan Street, North 27th Street and North 35th Street, an area with many large, historically and architecturally significant homes, the opening of bed and breakfast establishments has been a positive, stabilizing force f...