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File #: 90557    Version: 1 Name: Cottage Court
Type: Ordinance Status: Council New Business
File created: 10/21/2025 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: 10/28/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Amending Sections within Chapters 16 and 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to create “Cottage Courts.”
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, Michael E. Verveer, Regina M. Vidaver
Attachments: 1. 90557Body.pdf

Fiscal Note

No City appropriation required.

Title

Amending Sections within Chapters 16 and 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to create “Cottage Courts.”

Body

DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS:   This proposed change amends both the Zoning Code, MGO Chapter 28, and the Subdivision Regulations, MGO Sec. 16.23, to create a housing type called “Cottage Courts.” Cottage Courts are defined as a group of eight (8) or fewer single family detached dwellings on a single zoning lot with common management and/or access. Cottage courts are added as permitted uses in most of the residential zoning districts, as seen in Table 28C-1 in MGO Sec. 28.032(1). The proposed changes also create a supplemental regulation which lays out the requirements of a Cottage Court, including parking standards, setback and building separation requirements, and building form and site design. 

 

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Please see Legistar File No. 90557 Body in Attachments.