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File #: 25-1938    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/16/2025 In control: Plan Commission
On agenda: 11/10/2025 Final action:
Title: Consideration of a proposed ordinance to amend various sections of Title 24 (Zoning) primarily related to Tosa Tomorrow 2045 Comprehensive Plan
Attachments: 1. Zoning ordinance Oct 2025(002), 2. Redlined zoning text amendments 10-17-25, 3. 10/28/2025 Public Hearing Video, 4. JHC 110625 LTR TO PLAN COMM RE SONESTA HOTEL CONV - JH edits
Related files: 25-1936, 25-1764, 25-0517, 25-1313, 25-1314, 25-1940, 25-1315
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Consideration of a proposed ordinance to amend various sections of Title 24 (Zoning) primarily related to Tosa Tomorrow 2045 Comprehensive Plan
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Submitted by:
Art Pi?on
Department:
Development

A. Background/Options
The City of Wauwatosa is proposing a Zoning Text Amendment to update the City's Zoning Code in order to align it with the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendments will also bring certain sections of the Code into compliance with State law and include general clean-up and clarification updates.

The proposed zoning code updates are organized into the following three topics:
1. Housing-Related Code Updates
2. Parking Updates
3. Non-Housing-Related Code Updates

Below are summaries of all proposed zoning code changes:

1. Housing-Related Code Updates
* Update zoning district names to be character-based and update purpose statements.
* Update and ease restrictions on bulk and dimensional standards for residential lots.
* Allow residential development in Office Commercial (CO) and General Commercial (C2) zones.
* Delineate and expand allowance of missing middle housing types in additional zoning districts.
* Define Three-Unit/Four-Unit Houses and Attached and Semi-Detached Houses.
* Allow and add supplementary regulations for Cottage Courts, Live-Work Units, and Multi-Unit Residential Buildings.
* Permit mixed-use and multi-family development in the Mayfair Overlay, Special Purpose - Research Park (SP-RP), and Special Purpose - Midtown (SP-MED) Districts.
* Increase allowable building height standards within the SP-MED District.
* Reduce parking requirements for residential development that includes Electric Vehicle (EV) charging spaces.
* Establish educational facility housing as a distinct use within the SP-MED District.
* Ease restrictions for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
* Add incentives for Cottage Courts, Multi-Unit Buildings, and Mixed-Use Vertical developments when a percentage of units are designated as aff...

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