Fiscal Note
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Amending Sections 28.135 and16.23(6)(d) of the Madison General Ordinances related to Deep Residential Lots to facilitate easier development.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposed ordinance change amends MGO Secs. 28.135 and 16.23(6)(d) to facilitate the easier development of backyard lots, otherwise known as “flag lots” because they are characterized by being the shape of a flag. The pole portion of the lot provides the street frontage and the flag portion provides the buildable area of the lot. This ordinance amendment decreases the minimum lot width for the rear lot and removes Plan Commission review of this type of lot. It also amends the subdivision requirements to make the minimum required lot depth consistent for all zoning districts.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (a) of Subsection (2) entitled “Access to Public Street” of Section 28.135 entitled “Lot Division, Creation and Access” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(a) Lots located in an approved planned multi-use site or planned development district, and deep residential lots pursuant to Section 28.135(3), MGO;”
2. Subsection (3) entitled “Development of Deep Residential Lots” of Section 28.135 entitled “Lot Division, Creation and Access” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(3) Development of Deep Residential Lots.
(a) Statement of Purpose. This subsection is established to allow the more intensive development of certain deep residential lots which could not otherwise be fully developed under this or any other development control ordinance. The intensive development of a deep lot is not a matter of right but instead a privilege granted to the developer by the City when the Plan Commission makes a finding that such development is in the public interest.
(b) Gen...
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