Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required to establish the new zoning district.
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AMENDED SUBSTITUTE - Creating Section 28.10(6) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish a Research and Development Center District.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance creates a new zoning district, based on the concept of a research park but with a more urbanized character.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subsection (6) entitled "RDC Research and Development Center District" of Section 28.10 entitled "Manufacturing Districts" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
"(6) RDC Research and Development Center District.
(a) Statement of Purpose. The Research and Development Center District (RDC) is established to provide an aesthetically attractive urban working environment intended primarily for high-technology, research and development, testing, and certain specialized manufacturing establishments, in addition to professional offices and business incubators, all of a non-nuisance type. The purpose of the district is to provide a setting to promote and maintain desirable economic development activities in an urban employment setting that emphasizes buildings that are oriented toward the streets with parking on the street to the side and behind the buildings. The district requires advance planning for individual sites to maximize on-site building expansion at the time of site plan approval to accommodate additional development on the site and structured parking at strategic locations. The district is intended to be mapped for areas generally over 50 acres in size and, as such, requires careful advanced transportation planning including the preparation of transportation demand management plans for the district and individual lots, as well as the establishment of a transportation management association for the d...
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