Fiscal Note
The Ordinance will result in an increase in demolition permit applications, and the subsequent reallocation of staff time to review and process additional permits. No additional staff resources are required at this time. There will be some additional revenues derived from permit application fees that will partially offset City administrative expenses. In addition, there will be some nominal expense for the production of signage. No additional appropriation is anticipated at this time.
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AMENDED SUBSTITUTE - Renumbering Section 28.04(22) to Section 28.12(12) and amending new Section 28.12(12); renumbering current Section 28.04(23)-(27) to Section 28.04(22)-(26), respectively; renumbering current Section 28.12(12) and (13) to Section 28.12(13) and (14) of the Madison General Ordinances to change various provisions of the ordinance regulating the demolition of buildings.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance is an updating of the regulations for demolishing buildings to reflect concerns that have arisen in the context of the increasing number of demolition requests in recent years. Some of the specific concerns have been demolition requests when there is no proposed use following the demolition, compliance with reuse and recycling plans, increasing the forfeitures when a demolition occurs without a permit, and issues of historic preservation and neighborhood character preservation. The practice of considering demolition or removal requests as part of an associated conditional use or rezoning request continues. Public hearing requirements also remain and include the same notice and sign requirements that apply to conditional uses and/or rezonings. Because of the procedural similarities to conditional use and rezoning requests, these regulations for demolition and removal have been moved closer to those provisions in the code.
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