Fiscal Note
City costs associated with urban development and the provision of urban services in this area will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.
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Amending the Sprecher Neighborhood Development Plan to revise the land use recommendations for lands located within and adjacent to the Grandview Commons Neighborhood Center Mixed Use District.
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WHEREAS the Sprecher Neighborhood Development Plan was adopted by the Madison Common Council on January 20, 1998; and
WHEREAS the Neighborhood Development Plan as adopted proposed the creation of a neighborhood commercial center at the southern end of the proposed north-south collector street serving the western half of the neighborhood, at its intersection with Cottage Grove Road; and
WHEREAS the land use recommendations for this Southwest (Town Center) Neighborhood Commercial Center emphasized the creation of an integrated neighborhood business district as distinct from an aggregation of separated business sites, mixed-use development with office or residential uses above retail uses, multi-story buildings located close to the sidewalk with parking to the rear or on side streets rather than in front of the businesses, short-term parking on business streets, minimum gaps in the street-level retail frontage, high levels of pedestrian amenities, and good linkages to the surrounding residential neighborhood; and
WHEREAS the land use and design recommendations for the Southwest Town Center described in the Sprecher Neighborhood Development Plan were substantially reflected in the development concept, zoning text and design standards established for the Neighborhood Center Mixed Use district component of the Grandview Commons General Development Plan as initially approved in February 2002, and further refined and detailed though subsequent Specific Implementation Plan approvals and General Development Plan revisions; and
WHEREAS the Sprecher Neighborhood Developme...
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