Fiscal Note
No significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
Staff currently reviews such developments.
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AMENDED THIRD SUBSTITUTE Creating new Section 33.02(4)(f), renumbering current Sections 33.02(4)(f) - (h) to Sections 33.02(4)(g) through (i), respectively, and amending Sections 33.02(4)(b), 28.04(24)(b) and 28.09(3)(d)24. of the Madison General Ordinances to create design requirements for large retail establishments.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. New Subdivision (f) entitled “Large Retail Developments” of Subsection (4) entitled “Powers and Duties” of Section 33.02 entitled “Urban Design Commission” of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
“(f) Large Retail Developments.
1. Statement of Purpose. The purpose for this section is to provide a regulatory framework to ensure that large-format retail development promotes the efficient use of land and preserves and enhances the urban fabric through a more urban site and building design. In applying this ordinance to the redevelopment, expansion, or remodeling of existing sites, it is the intent of this ordinance to seek improvements, while recognizing that existing constraints will likely make full compliance with all provisions of this section difficult or infeasible.
2. Applicability. All new retail development that is on a single zoning lot and has with a total gross floor area (GFA) of fifty thousand (50,000) forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more shall be subject to this ordinance the requirements below Total GFA shall be calculated by adding the GFA of all buildings on a zoning lot. that are part of a single business establishment. When applying the requirements below, the Urban Design Commission, Plan Commission, and staff shall consider relevant design recommendations in any element of the City's Master Plan or other adopted City plans.
a. Any single retail business establishment that has a total GFA of ...
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