Number
221968
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
080641, 201288, 161076
Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
Title
An ordinance approving the Bay View Neighborhood Plan 2040 (Bay View Neighborhood Plan) and amending the Southeast Side Area Plan as part of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan, in the 14th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This ordinance approves the Bay View Neighborhood Plan 2040 and amends the Southeast Side Area Plan as part of the City of Milwaukee’s Comprehensive Plan, and directs City departments and agencies to consider this Plan in matters related to land use and development and work towards the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
Body
Whereas, On October 29, 2008, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (“Common Council”) adopted Common Council File No. 080641, approving the Southeast Side Area Comprehensive Plan as an element of Milwaukee’s Overall Comprehensive Plan; and
Whereas, Section 66.1001, Wisconsin Statutes, requires that all cities adopt a comprehensive plan and specifies that comprehensive plans shall be updated no less than once every 10 years; and
Whereas, On February 9, 2021, the Common Council adopted Common Council File No. 201288, directing the Department of City Development (“DCD”) to develop a Bay View Neighborhood Plan to amend the Southeast Side Area Comprehensive Plan, part of the City of Milwaukee’s (“City”) Overall Comprehensive Plan, in the 14th Aldermanic District; and
Whereas, The City’s procedures for comprehensive planning call for the creation of plan updates, based on emerging land use issues and opportunities, neighborhood input and other factors; and
Whereas, Since the adoption of the Southeast Side Area Comprehensive Plan, there has been increasing development activity in the Bay View neighborhood; and
Whereas, There is a need to provide guidance and transparency around future development in Bay View that takes into consideration resident, business, and other stakeholder priorities; and
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