Sponsor
Alderman Wiser
Title
Ordinance 03-17
An ordinance adopting an amendment to a document titled “A Comprehensive Plan for the City of Racine: 2035” (The Plan) for the properties located at 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, City of Racine, Wisconsin.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1: Pursuant to Section 62.23 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the City of Racine is authorized to prepare and adopt certain amendments to The Plan as defined in Sections 66.1001(1)(a) and 66.1001(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes; and
Part 2: Following a 30 day notice period, and direct notice to property owners within the direct vicinity, the Plan Commission of the City of Racine conducted a public hearing on February 22, 2017 to solicit opinion and educate the public on a proposed rezoning and conditional use permit effectuating a development project needing an amendment to The Plan which must be preceded by a change in the land use classification of the properties at 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; and
Part 3: On February 22, 2017 the Plan Commission forwarded a recommendation to the Common Council that the process to amend The Plan move forward based on the findings as enumerated in the staff report to the Plan Commissioners for the meeting on February 22, 2017 and recommendation in the commission report to the Common Council for the March 7, 2017 meeting, and in said report that the associated requests to amend The Plan for 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and rezoning of 1315 Kewaunee Street proceed, and that the request for a conditional use permit be denied; and
Part 4: On March 7, 2017 the Common Council referred all matters related to an amendment to The Plan and the rezoning, all associated with the redevelopment of 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, be referred back to the Plan Commission, and directed that ordinances be prepared and public hearings scheduled for an amendment to The Plan and the rezoning; and
Part 5: Ordinance 03-17 was herein prepared for amendment to the Plan and transmitted to the Common Council, and a public hearing before the Common Council was scheduled for April 18, 2017, and that the same vehicles for the rezoning were subsequently acted on separately; and
Part 6: The Plan Commission of the City of Racine, on _________, 2017 by a majority vote of the commission recorded in its official minutes, recommended to the Common Council the ___________of a resolution and an ordinance adopting a change to the land use designation of the properties at 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from High Density Residential to Commercial as an amendment to The Plan; and
Part 7: The Common Council has duly noticed and conducted a public hearing on the amendment to The Plan, in compliance with the requirements of Section 66.1001(4)(d) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Part 8: The Common Council of the City of Racine, Wisconsin, does, by the enactment of this ordinance, formally adopt the amendment to the document titled “A Comprehensive Plan for the City of Racine: 2035” to change the land use designation of the properties at 1315 Kewaunee Street and 1442 & 1446 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from High Density Residential to Commercial, pursuant to Section 62.23 and Section 66.1001(4)(c) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Part 9: This ordinance shall take effect upon passage by a majority vote of the members-elect of the City Common Council and publication or posting as required by law.
Fiscal Note: N/A