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Plan Commission rejects proposal to create unmapped RT5 zoning district after extended public comment
Summary
The commission voted 4–1 to recommend denial of the proposed RT5 zoning-text amendment that would have created an unmapped district allowing up to eight units; the meeting included extensive public comment focused on engagement, displacement risk and access to financing.
The Milwaukee City Plan Commission on April 7 recommended denial of a zoning-text amendment that would have created a new RT5 residential district allowing up to eight dwelling units on qualifying lots. The vote on file 240,997 was 4–1 in favor of denying the ordinance as drafted.
City staff described the proposed RT5 district as similar to RT4 but permitting up to eight units and carrying design controls such as lot-width maxima and limits on driveway curb-cut widths. Staff emphasized that the RT5 district would be unmapped at adoption — meaning the code change alone would not rezone any properties — and that any later rezoning to RT5 would follow the…
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