Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee minutes — Feb 3, 2026: property acquisition, sale‑backs, notification changes, housing funding and incentives, historic designations
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Committee convened Feb 3, 2026. Major actions: recommended City acquisition of 3282 N. 35th St. for a DPW Electrical Services facility (not to exceed $2,000,000); approved sale‑backs of two tax‑deeded properties to former owners; approved expanded public notice requirements for zoning map amendments (250 feet and all mailing addresses within that area); held a DNS communication on post‑construction parking‑structure protocols; directed Department of City Development to analyze TID extension funding for affordable housing in the 2027 budget and to develop housing incentives for Department of Community Wellness and Safety employees/contractors; directed the Board of Zoning Appeals to provide annual reports; approved multiple zoning/planned‑development amendments and recommended historic designations.
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- Item 251649: Recommended for adoption — authorize City acquisition of 3282 North 35th Street from United Realty, L.L.C., in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000; site to be repurposed for a DPW Electrical Services facility.
- Item 251324 & Item 251480: Recommended for adoption — authorize sale‑backs to former owners of City tax‑deeded properties at 2470 W Keefe Ave and 2052 S 5th Place.
- Item 251071 & Item 241665: Recommended for passage — substitute ordinances increasing notification for city plan commission and ZND committee zoning map amendment hearings to include all property owners and mailing addresses within at least 250 feet of the subject property.
- Item 251702: Communication from DNS regarding post‑construction regulations and inspection protocols for parking structures/parking decks was HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR.
- Item 251448: Recommended for adoption — direct Department of City Development to provide a projection and analysis of amounts and potential uses of funding available from TID extensions for affordable housing initiatives in the 2027 City Budget, including feasibility of loan‑loss reserves or loan guarantees.
- Item 251408: Recommended for adoption (as amended) — direct Department of City Development to work with the Department of Community Wellness and Safety to develop housing incentives for employees and contractors; proposal due to Common Council within 90 days of adoption.
- Item 251471: Recommended for adoption — direct Board of Zoning Appeals to provide annual reports to the Common Council no later than April 1 each year.
- Item 251260 & Item 251261: Recommended for passage — approve zoning change from RT4 to LB2 for 342 East Bay Street and approve 14th Amendment to Park Place GPD to add Assembly Hall and Catering Service as permitted uses at 11301 West Lake Park Drive.
- Item 251276 & Item 251231: Recommended for adoption — grant permanent historic designation to the Second German Methodist Episcopal Church (140 W. Garfield Ave.) and recommend adoption for the Brady and Farwell Historic District (Brady/Farwell); Brady/Farwell passed with recorded votes (Aye 3, No 1, Abstain 1).
- Item 251263: Recommended for placing on file — Land Disposition Report for 541 North 20th Street.
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ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
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- Substitute resolution approving the City of Milwaukee acquisition of the property at 3282 North 35th Street from United Realty, L.L.C., in the 7th Aldermanic District.
- Substitute resolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 2470 W Keefe Ave, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
- Substitute resolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 2052 South 5th Place, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
- A substitute ordinance relating to notification requirements for city plan commission public hearings on zoning map amendments.
- A substitute ordinance relating to notification requirements for certain matters appearing before the zoning, neighborhoods and development committee.
- Communication from the Department of Neighborhood Services relating to post-construction regulations and protocols for parking structures and parking decks.
- Substitute resolution relating to the development of the funding proposal for affordable housing initiatives funded by tax incremental district extensions in the 2027 City Budget.
- Substitute resolution relating to housing incentives for Department of Community Wellness and Safety employees and contractors.
- Substitute resolution directing the Board of Zoning Appeals to provide annual reports to the Common Council.
- A substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from Two-Family Residential, RT4, to Local Business, LB2, for the property located at 342 East Bay Street, which will be combined with the commercial property to the west, located on the north side of East Bay Street, east of South Hilbert Street, in the 14th Aldermanic District.
- A substitute ordinance relating to the 14th Amendment to the General Planned Development, GPD, known as Park Place to add Assembly Hall and Catering Service as permitted uses for the property located at 11301 West Lake Park Drive, within Sub Area E of the GPD, generally located on the south side of West Lake Park Drive, west of North 107th Street, in the 9th Aldermanic District.
- Substitute resolution granting permanent historic designation to the Second German Methodist Episcopal Church, part of the Brewers Hill National Register Historic District, at 140 W. Garfield Avenue, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
- Substitute resolution granting permanent historic designation to the Brady and Farwell Historic District on the eastern corner of East Brady Street and North Farwell Avenue, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.
- The following file may be placed on file as no longer necessary:
- Resolution approving a Land Disposition Report for the property at 541 North 20th Street, in the 4th Aldermanic District.
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- Meeting convened at 9:12 a.m.
- Meeting adjourned at 11:14 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office
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- Substitute resolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 2470 W Keefe Ave, in the 6th Aldermanic District.
- A substitute ordinance relating to notification requirements for city plan commission public hearings on zoning map amendments.
- Substitute resolution relating to housing incentives for Department of Community Wellness and Safety employees and contractors.
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