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Authorizing the Planning Division to submit an application to the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission to amend the Central Urban Service Area to include lands within the Pioneer and Mid-Town neighborhoods.
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The City of Madison Planning Division seeks approval to submit an application to the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) to amend the Central Urban Service Area (CUSA) to include approximately 488 acres located within the City’s Pioneer and Mid-Town neighborhoods. The proposed amendment area is bounded by Mid-Town Road on the south, Pioneer Road and Meadow Road on the west, Mineral Point Road on the north and the existing CUSA boundary on the east. The proposed amendment is necessary to serve development in these areas with sanitary sewer. The attached maps illustrate the amendment area and the recommended land uses from the Pioneer and Mid-Town Neighborhood Development Plans.
On March 31, 2015 the Common Council approved Resolution 15-00310 (ID 37652) authorizing an application for the same area north of Valley View Road. Staff seeks authorization for a larger area due to increased development interest south of Valley View Road. This includes the City’s potential purchase of an approximately 70-acre property (LB Land Investments Inc.) for future parkland, regional stormwater management facilities and residential development (ID 38219).
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2004 the Madison Common Council adopted the Pioneer Neighborhood Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Pioneer Neighborhood Development Plan includes a Phasing and Utility Extension Plan; and
WHEREAS, Development Phasing Area C west of South Point Road as defined in the Pioneer Neighborhood Development Plan, is not located within the CUSA; and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 2010 the Madison Common Council adopted an amendment to the Mid-Town Neighborhood Development Plan which provided detailed recommendations for the western part of the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the ...
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