Fiscal Note
Reviews for any building designs or appeals proposed by the ordinance changes will be handled by existing committees. No City appropriation is required with the approval of the proposed ordinance changes.
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Creating Sections 28.097(8), (9) and renumbering current Sec. 28.097(8) to (10) of the Madison General Ordinances to require review of final building design by university area committees and to allow for an appeal from a decision of an architectural review committee.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance amends the Campus Institutional District Ordinance in two ways. First, it requires that before any final building design in the UW-Madison Campus Institutional District goes before the architectural review committee established pursuant to Sec. 28.097(7) it must first be presented to the Joint West and Joint Southeast area review committees at a meeting that is noticed as required by this ordinance.
Second, this ordinance provides for an appeal process from the decision of an architectural review committee in a Campus Institutional District. Under this ordinance, an appeal could be taken by the applicant or alderperson from the affected district to the Plan Commission within 10 days of a decision by the architectural review committee.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. New Subsection (8) entitled “Review by University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus Area Committees Prior to Final Building Design Review” and new Subsection (9) entitled “Appeal of Decision by Architectural Review Committee” of Section 28.097 entitled “Campus-Institutional District” of the Madison General Ordinances are created to read as follows:
“(8) Review by University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus Area Committees Prior to Final Building Design Review.
Prior to presenting final building design to the architectural review committee under to Sub. (7) above, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall present the final building design plans to a meeting of either the Joint West or Joint Southeast area review committees after giving notice of the meeting by first class mail to the owners of record, as listed in the office of the City assessor, and occupants of multi-tenant buildings, of property in whole or in part situated within two hundred (200) feet of the boundaries of the properties affected.
(9) Appeal of Decision by Architectural Review Committee.
The applicant or alder for the affected district may appeal any decision of the architectural review committee under Sub. (7) above to the Plan Commission. Appeal may be taken by filing a Notice of Appeal with the Secretary of the Plan Commission within 10 days of a final decision by the architectural review committee. The appeal should state the reasons for appeal and relief sought by the applicant or alder. Once an appeal is received, the Plan Commission shall set a public hearing as soon as practicable. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Plan Commission may affirm, reverse, or modify the decision of the architectural review committee."
2. Current Subsection (8) entitled “Changes to Master Plan” of Section 28.097 entitled “Campus-Institutional District” of the Madison General Ordinances is renumbered to Subsection (10).