Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Amending Section 28.098(2)(h) of the Madison General Ordinances related to updating Planned Development zoning to allow additional stories for downtown affordable housing. (District 2, District 4, District 6)
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposed ordinance change is a technical fix that extends the excess height allowance in the Downtown Height Map to Planned Development Districts, if a developer engages in a voluntary contractual Land Use Restriction Agreement ("LURA") with the City of Madison to provide income and rent-restricted dwelling units or bedrooms. When MGO 28.071(2)(a)2. passed, there was a drafting oversight in not including an edit to the Planned Development Districts to include the new bonus height allowance.
***********************************************************************************
The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (h) of Subsection (2) entitled “Standards for Approval of Zoning Map Amendment” of Section 28.098 entitled “Planned Development District” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(h) When applying the above standards to an application for height in excess of that allowed in Section 28.071(2)(a) Downtown Height Map, except as provided for in Section 28.071(2)(a)1. and Section 28.071(2)(b), the Plan Commission shall consider the recommendations in adopted plans and no application for excess height shall be granted by the Plan Commission unless it finds that all of the following conditions are present:
1. The excess height is compatible with the existing or planned (if the recommendations in the Downtown Plan call for changes) character of the surrounding area, including but not limited to the scale, mass, rhythm, and setbacks of buildings and relationships to street frontages and public spaces.
2. The excess height allows for a demonstrated higher quality building than could be achieved without the additional stories.
3. The scale, massing and design of new buildings complement and positively contribute to the setting of any landmark buildings within or adjacent to the project and create a pleasing visual relationship with them.
4. For projects proposed in priority viewsheds and other views and vistas identified on the Views and Vistas Map in the City of Madison Downtown Plan, there are no negative impacts on the viewshed as demonstrated by viewshed studies prepared by the applicant.”