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File #: 32709    Version: 1 Name: Design-based criteria of approval for a conditional use
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/30/2013 In control: PLAN COMMISSION
On agenda: 2/4/2014 Final action: 2/4/2014
Enactment date: 2/19/2014 Enactment #: ORD-14-00030
Title: Amending Section 28.183(6)(a)9. of the Madison General Ordinances to create design-based criteria of approval for a conditional use.
Sponsors: Steve King, Ledell Zellers, Marsha A. Rummel
Attachments: 1. Staff Comments.pdf
Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
Title
Amending Section 28.183(6)(a)9. of the Madison General Ordinances to create design-based criteria of approval for a conditional use.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS:  This amendment creates design-based criteria of approval for a conditional use.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
      Paragraph 9. of Subdivision (a) of Subsection (6) entitled "Approval Standards" of Section 28.183 entitled "Conditional Uses" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"9.      When applying the above standards to any new construction of a building or an addition to an existing building the Plan Commission:
a.       Shall bear in mind the statement of purpose for the zoning district, and
b.      May require the applicant to submit plans to the Urban Design Commission for comment and recommendation shall find that the project creates an environment of sustained aesthetic desirability compatible with the existing or intended character of the area and the statement of purpose for the zoning district.  In order to find that this standard is met, the Plan Commission may require the applicant to submit plans to the Urban Design Commission for comment and recommendation."