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ZCTC finds accessory-dwelling-unit ordinance (File 240999) fails technical criteria; committee votes 3-0-1
Summary
The Milwaukee Zoning Code Technical Committee voted 3-0-1 that the substitute ordinance governing accessory dwelling units (File 240999) did not meet the committee's technical criteria after staff and legal reviewers identified provisions they said could be vague or legally vulnerable.
The Milwaukee Zoning Code Technical Committee voted 3-0-1 that the substitute ordinance governing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), File 240999, did not meet the committee's three technical criteria after staff and legal reviewers identified provisions they said could be vague or legally vulnerable.
Sam Lykling of the Department of City Development told the committee his office supports the concept of permitting ADUs but found a number of items in the draft ordinance that "would need to be addressed prior to the criteria being met," including language about deed recording, parcel/tax-parcel definitions, and discretionary design standards that might be hard to enforce.
The city attorney's office emphasized concerns about an "owner residency" provision that reads, in the ordinance draft,…
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