Fiscal Note
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AMENDED - Creating an Advisory Oversight Committee for Madison's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison created an Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance applicable to development applications submitted after February 15, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison did a study to evaluate the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance after the first 18 months of the program; and
WHEREAS, since the inception of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, the City of Madison Housing Committee and Plan Commission have had on-going meetings to discuss and revise the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and have worked diligently to recommend changes to the program; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2005 a proposal for repeal of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was introduced; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2005 a comprehensive package of reforms for the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was introduced; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor formed a Workgroup to discuss the comprehensive package of reforms; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council revised the current ordinance on July 11, 2006; and
WHEREAS, there is on-going need to evaluate and continue working on the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and there are many groups that are interested in on-going evaluation and improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council create a committee to be advisory to the Plan Commission to evaluate and improve the Inclusionary Zoning program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the committee shall:
a) Evaluate the Housing Needs study and recommend changes to the Inclusionary Zoning program as a result of such study and identify any additional for information needed to further evaluate the Inclusionary Zoning program
b) Evaluate the "Gap Analysis" and Waiver methodologies and make recommendations to staff and the Plan Commission regarding such methodology
c) Evaluate and make recommendations to the Plan Commission and Common Council to revise the policy and p...
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