Chapter 17.41
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Sections:
17.41.020 Permitted uses and locations.
17.41.030 Area, height, building location, pavement and parking regulations.
17.41.050 Plan Commission and Common Council review.
17.41.010 Purpose statement.
The planned development district (PDD) is a zoning district that provides greater flexibility in land development than allowed in standard zoning districts by creating a zoning framework focused on the community benefits of coordinated area site planning and diversified structure location, implemented through environmental and aesthetic design, stormwater management, resiliency measures, natural topography integration, housing goals advancement, or the redevelopment of obsolete or dilapidated properties. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)
17.41.020 Permitted uses and locations.
Permitted uses will be determined by agreement between the Common Council and the property owner as required by Section 62.23(7)(b), Wisconsin Statutes. Any use available in any other City zoning district, except adult-oriented establishments, may be considered for the district unless restricted by applicable environmental zoning districts. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)
17.41.030 Area, height, building location, pavement and parking regulations.
This district has no predetermined lot area, lot width, building height, floor area ratio, lot coverage, usable open space, or off-street parking requirements. Such requirements are determined for each district on an individual basis through the PDD approval process. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)
17.41.040 Procedure.
A. Applications are filed with the Community Development Department and must include the following items:
1. District’s character and uses. Describe proposed district’s character and proposed particular uses.
2. Proposed district regulations:
a. Uses;
b. Area regulations: floor area minimum/maximum;
c. Lot sizes;
d. Density: open space requirements, landscape surface ratios, maximum lot coverage;
e. Building locations: setbacks and offsets;
f. Parking locations: setbacks and offsets;
g. Building heights.
3. A PDD community benefit analysis. State and show how the proposed district regulations achieve the community benefits of coordinated site planning and diversified structure locations.
4. A comprehensive plan analysis. State how the proposed district meets the comprehensive plan, neighborhood plan or other components, goals, objectives, policies, programs and initiatives with specific citations to the appropriate comprehensive plan, neighborhood plan or component including how the proposed district meets the goals and objectives of an associated targeted investment area plan.
5. An estimate of the future assessed property value of the proposed district.
6. a. A municipal fiscal impact analysis of the public infrastructure and service impacts of the proposed district is required for applications that meet or exceed one of the following thresholds:
i. Fifteen dwelling units per acre;
ii. Two hundred dwelling units total;
iii. One hundred twenty-five hotel rooms total; or
iv. One hundred fifty trips per peak hour traffic.
The cost components of the analysis will be limited to the capital costs of the public infrastructure and any extraordinary new or additional service costs (e.g., police, fire, equipment, or other City services) attributable to the infrastructure and service impacts created or needed as a result of the creation of the district but shall not include the costs of the maintenance of infrastructure, equipment or existing service levels.
b. The analysis will be conducted by a third-party consultant on behalf of the City, the cost of which will be paid by the applicant.
7. A scale map of not less than 100 feet to the inch showing the proposed district in question, with the general location of proposed streets, sidewalks, stormwater infrastructure and buildings based on the proposed district regulations required under subsection (A)(2) of this section.
8. The plan development district application fee set in Section 3.28.010(I). If the Engineering Department is required to review the application, the fee for that review will be billed to the applicant in the amount set in Section 3.28.010(KK).
B. An application is not complete, and review will not commence, until each of the required items has been submitted. If a fiscal analysis is required under subsection (A)(6) of this section, the proposal will not be placed on the Plan Commission agenda until that analysis is completed.
C. Submission of an application indicates that the owner is aware that Section 62.23(7)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, requires the property owner’s agreement to the district regulations and that pursuant to Section 17.41.060(B) no property will be rezoned to PDD by the City unless and until the property owner agrees to the proposed district regulations by executing the City’s planned development district regulation agreement form.
D. A complete application will be processed as in Section 17.08.070(B)(3) and 17.08.070(C) except that in addition to the statutory required public hearing, a neighborhood information meeting will be held. The Department of Community Development Director or designee will schedule a neighborhood information meeting prior to the public hearing date. Written notice of the neighborhood information meeting will be made as in Section 17.08.070(C)(2)(b). The applicant must attend the neighborhood information meeting to answer questions of those in attendance, providing any supporting display boards, materials, and professionals needed to explain their proposal. Department of Community Development staff will also be in attendance to facilitate, answer questions and receive feedback about the proposal from attendees. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)
17.41.050 Plan Commission and Common Council review.
A. The Plan Commission must review the application and make a recommendation to the Common Council as to whether to adopt the proposed zoning district. In making its recommendation, the Plan Commission must consider whether the proposed regulations:
1. Provide the coordinated site planning and diversified structure location as required by Sections 62.23(7)(b) and 62.23(7)(c), Wisconsin Statutes, through the following as applicable:
a. A safe and efficient system for pedestrian and vehicular traffic;
b. Attractive recreation and landscaped open spaces;
c. Economic design and location of public and private utilities and community facilities;
d. Ensure adequate standards of construction and planning;
e. Protect groundwater resources;
f. Conserve building value;
g. Encourage the most appropriate land use.
2. Are consistent with the goals, objectives, policies, programs, and initiatives of the comprehensive plan, which includes whether adequate community benefits are generated, and whether they are appropriately implemented through a combination of the following measures as applicable:
a. Exceeds environmental and aesthetic design requirements of the Site Development and Landscape Standards;
b. Exceeds minimum stormwater management requirements;
c. Provides resiliency beyond the measures listed in this subsection;
d. Integration of natural topography in the design and location of site(s) and structure(s);
e. Contributes dwelling units toward City housing goals;
f. Redevelops obsolete or dilapidated properties.
3. Create the district character described in the application that will be suitable for the particular uses proposed.
4. Creates a need that can be met by existing, scheduled, or proposed public infrastructure and services.
5. Creates a detrimental fiscal impact, if a fiscal impact analysis is required under Section 17.41.040, that is not adequately superseded by the estimate of future assessed property value.
B. Common Council Review.
1. The Common Council will not act on any application that has outstanding third-party consultant bills if required under Section 17.41.040(A)(8), or any other fees, charges or taxes.
2. The Common Council will review the Plan Commission’s recommendation and decide whether to approve, send back to the Plan Commission with instructions, or deny the application.
3. An ordinance creating the PDD district does not become effective and will not be executed by City officials until the property owner signs the property owner’s agreement required under section 17.41.040(C) which will be attached to the ordinance. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)
17.41.060 Approved PDDs.
A. Construction within an approved PDD must follow all established requirements for any land divisions or reconfigurations, public infrastructure, landscaping, site development standards design, permit applications, plan and method of operation or any other requirement in this code.
B. Any proposed change to an approved PDD must go through the same process as the creation of a PDD and will be evaluated under the same criteria. If the request is to release property from the PDD zoning, then the requester must follow the process for changes and amendments in Section 17.08.070. (Ord. 2879-24 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)