Number
051701
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution approving an exception to the requirement that sidewalks be installed in conjunction with the construction of all new streets.
Analysis
Section 113-12.5 of the Code of Ordinances requires that sidewalks be installed on both sides of any new street constructed in the city. This requirement may be waived or deferred by the Common Council. This resolution waives the sidewalk-installation requirement for all streets constructed in Oak Hill, a 34-lot single-family residential subdivision proposed for a site located generally south of West Greenwood Terrace extended and west of North Granville Road.
Body
Whereas, General Capital Group, a developer, has proposed development of a 34-lot single-family residential subdivision in the area generally located south of West Greenwood Terrace extended and west of North Granville Road; and
Whereas, This subdivision, to be known as Oak Hill, would include the construction of several new public streets; and
Whereas, Section 113-12.5 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances requires that sidewalks be installed on any new street constructed in the city; and
Whereas, This section also provides that the Common Council may waive the sidewalk requirement on a case-by-case basis; and
Whereas, Installation of sidewalks in the proposed subdivision would be inconsistent with the character of adjacent residential neighborhoods, none of which have sidewalks; and
Whereas, At two public meetings sponsored by the local alderman, neighborhood residents expressed unanimous opposition to the installation of sidewalks in the proposed development; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the sidewalk-installation requirement of s. 113-12.5 of the Code of Ordinances is waived with respect to the construction of all streets in the proposed Oak Hill subdivision; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Depart...
Click here for full text