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Staff presents draft zoning-code rewrite that would reduce nine residential districts to four
Summary
City planning staff updated the council on a comprehensive rewrite of Waukesha’s zoning code intended to align the code with the 2024 comprehensive plan, reduce nonconformities and simplify rules; key changes include consolidating residential districts, new building and landscape standards, and a public hearing Oct. 29.
Planning staff briefed the council on progress toward a full rewrite of the city’s zoning code, a multi-year effort intended to align zoning with the city’s 2024 comprehensive plan and to reduce the number of nonconforming properties in older neighborhoods.
Charlie Griffith, a planning department staffer, said consultants from Houssey LaVena Associates and planning staff completed a diagnostic and community engagement in 2024 and have been drafting new code sections in 2025. The rewrite aims to replace the city’s existing nine residential zoning districts with four new “residential neighborhood”…
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