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File #: 17096    Version: Name: Waterfront setback
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/12/2010 In control: PLAN COMMISSION
On agenda: 2/23/2010 Final action: 2/23/2010
Enactment date: 3/13/2010 Enactment #: ORD-10-00024
Title: AMENDED SUBSTITUTE Amending Sec. 28.04(19)(b)1. and 28.04(19)(c) of the Madison General Ordinances to change the application of the existing development pattern setback calculation.
Sponsors: Mark Clear, Jed Sanborn, Joseph R. Clausius, Paul E. Skidmore, Steve King, Michael Schumacher, Bryon A. Eagon, Lauren Cnare
Attachments: 1. Voeltz Comment 011410.pdf, 2. Legistar 17096 Frequently Asked Questions, 3. Comment 020810.pdf, 4. Version 1, 5. 2-23-10 Registration 17096.pdf, 6. Version 2
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AMENDED SUBSTITUTE Amending Sec. 28.04(19)(b)1. and 28.04(19)(c) of the Madison General Ordinances to change the application of the existing development pattern setback calculation.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment changes the determination of waterfront setback for zoning lots with non-residential uses where additions, alterations or expansions are made to an existing building.
********************************************************************************** The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 1. of Subdivision (b) entitled “General Regulations” of Subsection (19) entitled “Waterfront Development” of Section 28.04 entitled “General Provisions” of the Madison General Ordinances is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
“1. The principal building setback from the water shall be:
a. For all zoning lots where the principal use is residential, where the zoning lot is vacant, or where proposed development consists of the construction of a new principal building, the setback from the water shall be not less than the average setback of the five (5) developed zoning lots to each side of the proposed zoning lot.
b. For all other zoning lots, the ap...

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