By: Transportation Affairs Committee
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Ordinance amending various portions of Chapter 24 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code (Zoning Code) to modify procedures and update certain sign regulations
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The common council of the City of Wauwatosa do ordain as follows:
Part I. Subsection 24.05.040 A. 2. k. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
k. attractive, high-quality landscaping, lighting, and architecture, including the use of native landscaping, that reflects the unique character of the development.
Part II. Subsection 24.12.010 D. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read in its entirety as follows:
D. Exceptions. The board of public works is authorized to grant exceptions to the landscaping and screening regulations of this chapter.
Part III. Section 24.14.050 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read in its entirety as follows:
24.14.005. Exceptions.
The board of public works is authorized to grant exceptions to the regulations of this chapter unless otherwise stated.
Part IV. Subsection 24.16.010 C. 4. b. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
b. The zoning administrator must make a determination of application completeness within seven business days of application deadline.
Part V. Subsection 24.16.010 F. 5. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read in its entirety as follows:
5. An applicant may postpone review of an application at any time prior to the scheduled time of a meeting by written or electronic communication to the city clerk. Such item shall be immediately removed from any upcoming agenda and no further action shall be taken until requested by the applicant. Applications with no activity for six months will be considered withdrawn and further consideration of said item must follow the process described within this code for a new application.
Part VI. Subsection 24.16.040 D. 2. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
2. Class 2 notice of the plan commission’s required public hearing on a zoning map amendment must be published in accordance with chapter 62.23 (dm) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Part VII. Subsection 24.16.010 J. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby created to read in its entirety as follows:
J. Amendments. No modification or alteration of any conditional use permit approved pursuant to this section will be permitted unless approved by the Common Council.
1. Any application for an alteration, extension or other modification will be filed and processed as an original application under this section.
2. Alterations and modifications shall be subject to the same standards and criteria as original applications and shall be in conformance with all the provisions of this section.
3. Minor Deviations. Minor deviations to conditional uses including maintenance, repair, or renovation of existing buildings, structures or improvements and alterations, extensions, or other modifications of such uses that do not increase, intensify, expand, substantially change the character of the conditional use, or adversely affect adjacent property or property owners may be authorized by the zoning administrator and do not require approval by the common council.
Part VIII. The definition of “Lot” within subsection 24.18.010 D. of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Lot. A parcel of land under a single tax key number having frontage on a public street or permanent deeded access to a street when zoned /PUD overlay or /SP-MED District, or part of a regional shopping mall, occupied or intended to be occupied by a principal structure together with accessory buildings and uses, sufficient in size to meet the lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking area, and other open space provisions of this ordinance.
Part IX. This ordinance shall take effect on and after its dates of passage and publication.
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Recommendation: Adopt 7-0