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Wauwatosa advances zoning-text amendment to modernize commercial-vehicle parking rules after resident testimony
Summary
The Common Council voted 6-0 to advance a zoning-text amendment to Section 24.110.06 to increase the vehicle weight threshold, allow one commercial vehicle per residential property, restrict heavy commercial vehicles, and require paved on-property parking; a resident testified about a citation and staff said enforcement is complaint-based.
The Wauwatosa Common Council advanced a zoning-text amendment to its municipal code addressing commercial vehicles in residential districts after a public comment and council debate. The motion to consider the amendment passed 6-0 and will move through the zoning-text amendment process (public hearing, Planning Commission, council).
Sponsor Alderman Brandon told the council the proposal grew out of a resident complaint about citations for parking work vehicles in driveways and described four primary changes: raise the vehicle threshold to 10,000 pounds to exempt typical passenger SUVs and vans; permit…
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