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File #: 54784    Version: 1 Name: Bay window
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/19/2019 In control: Attorney's Office/Approval Group
On agenda: 4/16/2019 Final action: 4/16/2019
Enactment date: 4/30/2019 Enactment #: ORD-19-00026
Title: Amending Section 28.211 of the Madison General Ordinances to create a definition of Bay Window.
Sponsors: Samba Baldeh
Attachments: 1. Zoning Text Memo 3-25-19.pdf

Fiscal Note

No fiscal impact.

Title

Amending Section 28.211 of the Madison General Ordinances to create a definition of Bay Window.

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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS:  This amendment creates a definition of Bay Window.  This definition will allow staff to prevent individuals from using a Bay Window to add floor space that would otherwise be prohibited by the Zoning Code.

 

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

 

                     Section 28.211 entitled “Definitions” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended by creating therein the following:

 

                     Bay Window.  A structure projecting through an exterior wall that contains a window and is at least eighteen (18) inches above the finished level of the floor.