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Amending Section 28.104(7) of the Madison General Ordinances related to Building Site Standards within the Transit Oriented Development District to allow a different building footprint for stories above the first floor.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposed ordinance change amends MGO Sec. 28.104(7)(c) to allow for buildings with five (5) or more stories in the Transit Oriented Development (“TOD”) District to have a different required building footprint for the stories above the first floor. For those buildings, each story above the first floor must be a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the building footprint.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (7) entitled “Site Standards for Buildings” of Section 28.104 entitled “Transit Oriented Development Overlay District” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(7) Site Standards for Buildings.
Applicability. The following standards are applicable to all new principal buildings and major expansions [fifty percent (50%) or more of building floor area] for non-residential uses and buildings with over two (2) residential units. Standards shall apply only to the portion of the building that is new or expanded.
(a) Maximum Principal Building Setbacks.
1. At least thirty percent (30%) of primary street-facing building facades shall be setback no more than twenty (20) feet from the primary street. Buildings shall occupy at least thirty percent (30%) of the primary street frontage. Setbacks from private streets shall be measured from interior private access road curb faces or edges of pavement.
2. On a corner lot, at least thirty percent (30%) of street-facing building facades shall be setback no more than twenty (20) feet from the primary street and no more than twenty (20) feet from the secondary street more or less ...
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