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Request by Sheri Schmit, Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC), for an exception to the bike parking regulations of Wauwatosa Municipal Code (WMC) 24.11.080 in the MRMC Campus located south of Watertown Plank Road, north of Wisconsin Avenue, and east of I-41
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Submitted by:
Art Pi?on
Department:
Development
A. Issue
Request by Sheri Schmit, Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC), for an exception to the bicycle parking regulations of Wauwatosa Municipal Code (WMC) 24.11.080
B. Introduction
Since 2022, the City has been collaborating with the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) to address challenges related to bicycle parking compliance on the MRMC Campus. Currently, the campus does not contain the required number of short- and long-term bicycle spaces mandated by City Code. A primary challenge has been MRMC's difficulty in finding suitable space within existing medical buildings and entrance areas to accommodate the required number of bicycle spaces. Moreover, the prescribed number of bicycle spaces exceeds what is necessary based on observed and recorded parked bicycles and bike ridership data. As a result, MRMC is requesting an exception to the bicycle parking requirements for medical and hospital buildings within the MRMC Campus. The exception is contingent upon an agreement between the City and MRMC, ensuring that an adequate amount of bicycle parking is provided to meet the practical needs of campus patients, employees, and visitors.
C. Discussion
Per City Code, Public and Civic uses require 1 short-term bicycle space for every 10 motor vehicle spaces and 1 long-term bicycle space for every 6,000 square feet of gross floor area. Based on the MRMC collective square footage (6,435,798 square feet) and number of parking spaces (12,616 parking spaces), the required bicycle parking in the MRMC campus is as follows:
Required Bicycle Parking
Existing Bicycle Parking
Long-Term
Short-Term
Long-term
Short-term
1,073
1,262
184 (-889 deficit)...
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