City of Madison - File #: 90553

• File #: 90553
• Version: 1
• Name: Whitney University Sheboygan Proactive Rezoning
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Items Referred
• File created: 10/21/2025
• In control: HOUSING POLICY COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 10/28/2025
• Title: Creating Section 28.022-00735 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 659 North Whitney Way and 5003 University Avenue, Alder District 19, from NMX (Neighborhood Mixed-Use) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District; and creating Section 28.022-00736 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 4860 Sheboygan Avenue, Alder District 11, from SE (Suburban Employment) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District. (District 11, District 19)
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, John W. Duncan, Tag Evers, Derek Field, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Carmella Glenn, MGR Govindarajan, John P. Guequierre, Badri Lankella, Sabrina V. Madison, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, Julia Matthews, Sean O'Brien, Will Ochowicz, Bill Tishler, Michael E. Verveer, Regina M. Vidaver

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2025	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
10/28/2025	1	COMMON COUNCIL
10/21/2025	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Creating Section 28.022-00735 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 659 North Whitney Way and 5003 University Avenue, Alder District 19, from NMX (Neighborhood Mixed-Use) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District; and creating Section 28.022-00736 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 4860 Sheboygan Avenue, Alder District 11, from SE (Suburban Employment) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District. (District 11, District 19)
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance amendment rezones various properties generally located near the intersection of University Avenue and Old Middleton Road east of N Whitney Way to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) consistent with the land use recommendations in the West Area Plan adopted by the Common Council on September 10, 2024 by Resolution 24-00558 (ID 84377). The properties to be rezoned are also located in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) zoning overlay.

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

1. Map Amendment 00735 of Section 28.022 of the Madison General Ordinances is hereby created to read as follows:

“28.022-00735. The following described property is hereby rezoned to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District.

A parcel of land located in the SE 1/4 quarter of the SE 1/4 of Section 18 and the NE 1/4 quarter of the NE 1/4 quarter of Section 19, T7N R9E, City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Section 19; thence Southerly along the East line of said Section 19 a distance of 171.22 feet, more or less; thence Westerly a distance of 40.65 feet to a point of intersection of the southwesterly right of way of University Avenue (former US Highways 12 and 14) and the northerly right of way ...