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File #: 22452    Version: 1 Name: Rear Yard
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/10/2011 In control: PLAN COMMISSION
On agenda: 6/21/2011 Final action: 6/21/2011
Enactment date: 6/29/2011 Enactment #: ORD-11-00086
Title: Amending Secs. 28.08(2)(f)3., 28.08(3)(g)3., and 28.08(4)(f)3. of the Madison General Ordinances to change the rear yard requirement in the R1, R2, and R3 Districts.
Sponsors: Mark Clear, Lauren Cnare
Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
Title
Amending Secs. 28.08(2)(f)3., 28.08(3)(g)3., and 28.08(4)(f)3. of the Madison General Ordinances to change the rear yard requirement in the R1, R2, and R3 Districts.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance amends the rear yard requirement to add flexibility reflecting the range of the lot depths.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 3. entitled “Rear Yard” of Subdivision (f) entitled “Yard Requirements” of Subsection (2) entitled “R1 Single-Family Residence District” of Section 28.08 entitled “Residence Districts” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“3. Rear yard--forty (40) feet. The rear yard shall be the lesser of thirty-five percent (35%) of the lot depth or thirty-five (35) feet. A one story projection for garage purposes only may project thirty percent (30%) of the least depth into a required rear yard, provided the balance of the rear yard shall remain unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.”
2. Paragraph 3. entitled “Rear Yard” of Subdivision (g) entitled “Yard Requirements” of Subsection (3) entitled “R2 Single-Family Residence District” of Section 28....

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