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Amending Sections 28.211 and 28.137 of the Madison General Ordinances to amend the definition of Planned Multi-Use Site.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: The proposed amendment to the definition simplifies what constitutes a planned multi-use site. The language in the definition to be struck is included in the general regulations for those sites in Section 28.137. The amendment also clarifies the role of the Urban Design Commission in the review of planned multi-use sites, including when the regulations for large-format retail establishments in Section 33.24, MGO, apply as part of the UDC review.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 28.211 entitled “Definitions” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended by amending therein the following:
“Planned Multi-Use Site. A specified area of land comprisinged of one or more contiguous ownership parcels or building sites for multiple uses and which area is limited by a reciprocal land use agreement or plan of building placement, a reciprocal use off-street parking system, a cross access easement or a reciprocal use ingress and egress system for buildings, loading and parking that share access and circulation or off-street parking.”
2. Subdivision (e) of Subsection (2) entitled “Planned Multi-Use Sites” of Section 28.137 entitled “Zoning Lots and Planned Multi-Use Sites” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(e) A planned multi-use site containing more than forty thousand (40,000) square feet of gross floor area and where twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of gross floor area is designed or intended for retail use or for hotel or motel use, shall require conditional use approval and be subject to review following a recommendation on the design of any specific proposal by the Urban Design Commission under the provisi...
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