City of Madison - File #: 78688

• File #: 78688
• Version: 1
• Name: Door & Window Opening Standards Exemption
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/30/2023
• In control: Attorney's Office
• On agenda: 8/1/2023
• Final action: 8/1/2023
• Enactment date: 8/11/2023
• Enactment #: ORD-23-00077
• Title: Amending Sections 28.060 and 28.071 of the Madison General Ordinances to Add a Door and Window Opening Standards Exemption for Civic or Institutional Buildings in Certain Zoning Districts.
• Sponsors: Michael E. Verveer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/1/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt and Close the Public Hearing	Pass
7/24/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - PUBLIC HEARING	Pass
7/12/2023	1	URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
7/12/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
7/11/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
6/30/2023	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Amending Sections 28.060 and 28.071 of the Madison General Ordinances to Add a Door and Window Opening Standards Exemption for Civic or Institutional Buildings in Certain Zoning Districts.
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: The proposed ordinance change amends MGO Secs. 28.060(2) and 28.071(3) to exempt Civic and Institutional Buildings from the “Door and/or Window Openings” requirements in the respective subsections.
The Mixed-use and Commercial (MGO Sec. 28.060) and Downtown and Urban (MGO Sec. 28.071) zoning districts include detailed design standards related to a building’s entrance orientation, façade articulation, materials, and door window openings. Such standards are in addition to the underlying bulk requirements for each district or specified building form requirements. These standards are very perspective regarding door and window coverage and largely reflect residential, office, hotel, and mixed-use building forms. Due to their prescriptive nature, they do not reflect design considerations related to other building forms such as places of worship, museums, auditoriums/halls, or other uses that may traditionally have different window patterning or limitations beyond those of a typical residential or mixed-use building. This code amendment removes only the requirement regarding the window and door opening standards for Civic and Institutional Buildings.

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

1. Subsection (2) entitled “Design Standards” of Section 28.060 entitled “General Provisions for Mixed-Use and Commercial Districts” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:

“(2) Design Standards. The following design standards are applicable after the effective date of this code to all new buildings and major expansions (fifty percent (50%) or more of building floor area). Design sta...