Fiscal Note
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SUBSTITUTE - Amending the official map of the City of Madison to reduce the width of an Official Map Reservation located on the zoning property located at 222 N. Charter Street.
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WHEREAS, Stopple Revocable Trust (hereinafter “the Developer”) has made an application with the Department of Planning & Community & Economic Development to change the zoning of a property located at 222 N. Charter Street being located in part of Lots 6 and 7, Block 8, Brook’s Addition to Madison, from TR-U2 (Traditional Residential - Urban 2) District to PD (GDP-SIP) (Planned Development) District for a redevelopment project (hereinafter “the Project”); and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council adopted Resolution No. 40,470, File No. 5035-78 on the September 4, 1984, establishing Official Map Reservations for Proposed Streets, Highways, and Parkways within and adjacent to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation owned Railroad Corridor (f.k.a. Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad), the said reservation encumbering the southwesterly 17 feet of the Developer’s lands immediately adjacent to the said Railroad corridor (“the Reservation Area”); and
WHEREAS, the Project as proposed contemplates building improvements that would lie within the currently officially mapped Reservation Area as generally shown on Exhibit D, attached hereto and made part of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, under Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 62.26(6) and Section 16.25(7)(a) of Madison General Ordinances, the City of Madison cannot issue building permits for construction within an officially mapped Reservation Area and therefore agencies reviewing such proposals cannot recommend approval for a proposal that conflicts with the Official Map; and
WHEREAS, the Developer has requested the City of Madison consider a reduction of the width of the Reservation Area within the proposed Development lands as shown on Exhibit A and Described on Exhibit B, both attach...
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