Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
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SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections within Chapters 16 and 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to create “Cottage Courts.”
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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.
The SUBSTITUTE includes the recommendations from the December 1, 2025, Plan Commission meeting to add “two-family dwelling-twin” and “two-family dwelling two-unit” as allowed dwelling types in a Cottage Court and revise the “Setback and Building Separation Requirements” to reduce the rear yard setback to eight (8) feet.
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Please see Legistar File No. 90557 Body - Version 2 in Attachments.