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File #: 020284    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/4/2002 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 4/12/2005
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution amending a special privilege to now grant permission to Bostco, LLC for encroachment into the public right-of-way of an excess width marquee, two concrete platforms with ramps and steps and steel handrail, four excess door swings and one covered walk on the North 4th Street side of the building at 331 West Wisconsin Avenue, in the 4th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: SPECIAL PRIVILEGE PERMITS
Attachments: 1. Special privilege application.PDF, 2. DPW-Infra. letter.pdf, 3. Fiscal note.pdf
Number
020284
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
542192A
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution amending a special privilege to now grant permission to Bostco, LLC for encroachment into the public right-of-way of an excess width marquee, two concrete platforms with ramps and steps and steel handrail, four excess door swings and one covered walk on the North 4th Street side of the building at 331 West Wisconsin Avenue, in the 4th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution formally grants an amended special privilege to keep and maintain an excess width marquee, two concrete platforms with ramps, steps and steel handrail, four excess door swings and one covered walk on the North 4th Street side of the building at 331 West Wisconsin Avenue.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee Boston Store Company, Division of Federated Department Stores Incorporated, requested a special privilege for an excess width marquee on the east side of North 4th Street; and

Whereas, Permission was granted in 1955 by adoption of Common Council Resolution File Number 54-2192A; and

Whereas, Ownership for the buildings known now as 331 West Wisconsin Avenue has transferred to Bostco, LLC, an organized condominium; and

Whereas, The applicant, Bostco, LLC, remodeled the building at 331 West Wisconsin Avenue, developing store, office and residential spaces, and is desirous to provide barrier-free access to two separate entrances on the North 4th Street side of said building; and

Whereas, Now that construction is completed it is possible to ascertain the total extent of the encroachments into the public right-of-way of North 4th Street; and

Whereas, There are five excess door swing encroachments over the two platforms built as a component of the barrier-free access ramps; and

Whereas, All of the door swings project further than the 12 inches allowed under Section 245-4-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The applicant has also peti...

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