Fiscal Note
No City appropriation is required with the approval of this proposed amendment to the Official Map for the City of Madison.
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Amending the City of Madison Official Map to remove mapped reservations for future public streets located on Block 2 of the University Addition to Madison in the Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 7 North, Range 9 East in the City of Madison, on land generally addressed as 975 University Avenue. (District 8)
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The City of Madison has used an Official Map since August 1966 to reserve areas for planned future streets/ highways, parks, parkways, and greenways in the existing and future City, as enabled by Wis. Stats. ss. 62.23(6)(c) and Section 16.25(6) of Madison General Ordinances. Where the City has mapped a reservation, building permits may generally not be issued to construct new buildings within the reserved area, and if land with a mapped reservation is divided by plat or Certified Survey Map, the subdivider is required to dedicate the reservations to the public.
On September 18, 1990, the Common Council adopted Second Substitute for Resolution 47,716 (ID 7633) to amend the Official Map in the Northwest Quarter of Section 23, T7N, R9E to reserve areas for future street and highway to widen the right of way of N Brooks Street, W Johnson Street, and N Park Street on Block 2 of the University Addition to Madison, which is the block bounded by University Avenue, N Park Street, W Johnson Street, and N Brooks Street. The final reservations adopted included land for a left-turn bay for traffic turning from eastbound Johnson onto northbound Park, and land to widen the west side of Park between University and Johnson.
The official mapping of the reservations in September 1990 was consistent with conditions of approval imposed by the Common Council on August 1, 1989 and July 10, 1990 as part of its zoning approvals to accommodate future construction of University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business....
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