Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
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Amending Section 28.067(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to exempt principal buildings from the Front Yard Set Back requirement as long as other buildings occupy 30% or more of each street frontage on the lot.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance exempts buildings in the Commercial Corridor-Transitional District to from the front yard setback requirements if additional buildings on the same zoning lot occupy 30% or more of the street frontages on that lot.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subdivision (a) entitled “Front Yard Setback” of Subsection (3) entitled “Dimensional Requirements” of Section 28.067 entitled “Commercial Corridor -Transitional District” is amended to read as follows:
“(a) Front Yard Setback. The following setbacks shall apply to zoning lots with one principal building. When more than one principal building is developed on a zoning lot, additional buildings shall be exempt from the front yard setback requirement if approved and constructed concurrently with or after a building or buildings that comply with the front yard setback requirements below and occupy 30% of each street frontage on the zoning lot. Front yard setbacks on the zoning map may also be designated as a specific location (build-to-line) or as a range. Unless designated otherwise on the zoning map, for new buildings and additions exceeding, fifty percent (50%) of the building's original floor area, a
1. A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the street-facing building wall shall be set back no more than twenty-five (25) feet. Front yard setbacks on the zoning map may be designated as a specific location (build-to-line) or as a range.“