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Plan Commission forwards rezoning of 3821 Nakoma Road from PD to LMX to Common Council
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended that the Common Council approve a zoning map amendment to change 3821 Nakoma Road from a planned development (PD) to a limited mixed-use (LMX) district to align the property's zoning with modern code and keep allowable uses limited in scale.
The Madison Plan Commission voted May 12 to forward a zoning map amendment to the Common Council recommending approval to rezone 3821 Nakoma Road from PD (planned development) to LMX (limited mixed use).
Brad Boden, the property owner and applicant, said the PD zoning dates to 1979 and contains outdated language that constrains tenants in ways that do not reflect modern use (for example, historic phrasing about household composition). Boden said he does not currently intend to redevelop the property but seeks rezoning to align the parcel with contemporary code.
Planning staff explained that the LMX district is intended for small-scale mixed-use buildings within residential neighborhoods; it is more restrictive than common neighborhood mixed-use districts. Staff noted LMX typically limits building height to two stories and generally caps building size at about 5,000 square feet unless a conditional-use process is invoked to consider larger proposals. The district disallows some higher-impact commercial uses and makes other uses conditional to reflect adjacent residential character.
A resident, Charlene Orsted, called into the meeting seeking basic information about the change, its origin, and how future uses might differ; staff and the applicant responded that LMX would generally allow small, neighborhood-serving offices and similar low-impact uses and would update older PD restrictions to modern zoning standards.
Alder Gugier moved to forward the PD-to-LMX rezoning to the Common Council with a recommendation to approve, noting the request was for rezoning only and made no immediate changes to use or structure; Commissioner Wisniewski seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
Staff said the change would make zoning standards more transparent to owners and neighbors because conventional zoning districts and their allowed uses are publicly documented in the zoning code; any future redevelopment that exceeds LMX standards would require additional review.
