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Council approves rezoning along Southwest Avenue and reaffirms several ordinances; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Waukesha Common Council approved rezoning for several properties along Southwest Avenue, readopted the 2025 tax levy ordinance, and approved housekeeping changes to alcohol/tobacco licensing and other municipal code amendments. Vote tallies and short descriptions are listed below.
The Waukesha Common Council on Jan. 21 approved a package of zoning and municipal code actions during its regular meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Rezoning: 2001 Southwest Ave and adjacent properties (1921–2035 Southwest Ave) from M‑1 (Light Manufacturing) to MM‑1 (Mixed Industrial) — Motion to rezone to bring zoning in line with current use; passed unanimously. The change is intended to align zoning with existing commercial/office uses along Southwest Avenue and to allow light industrial and commercial service uses compatible with the corridor.
- Tax levy ordinance: Readoption of the 2025 tax levy ordinance (administrative re‑adoption to meet publication/deadline requirements); motion to readopt passed unanimously.
- Certified Survey Map (Garden Prairie/Hawks Landing): Approved per Plan Commission recommendation, 12–1. (Related to Hawks Landing PUD; the CSM is conditioned on settlement of a title gap and recording of the access easement.)
- Amendments to municipal code 9.09 (alcohol/tobacco agent residency): Second reading to change residency requirement from “resident of Waukesha County” to residency within a 25‑mile radius of City Hall; O&L recommended the change and staff reported no police/fire concerns about the wider radius. This is a second reading; no final vote recorded at this meeting.
- Amendments to municipal code 9.09 and 9.11 (Class C/Class B license qualifications): Second reading to align local code with state changes removing restaurant‑only requirements for some licenses; staff noted this aligns city code with current state law.
- Re‑adoptions (housekeeping due to publication/timing requirements): The council re‑adopted the 2025 tax levy ordinance and several ordinances previously approved (towing/storing illegally parked vehicles charges; massage businesses code updates). Each readoption was approved unanimously to satisfy publication deadlines.
Council members and staff said notices were sent to affected property owners for the rezoning along Southwest Avenue and that staff received no objections. Planning staff explained the MM‑1 district permits a mix of light industrial, office, retail and service uses appropriate for a high‑travel corridor such as Southwest Avenue.
What the votes mean: The rezoning clears the way for existing nonconforming commercial uses to be formally permitted under city code. The code amendments and re‑adoptions align local rules with state requirements and address administrative publishing deadlines. Several items were second‑readings and will be finalized in subsequent council action where required.
