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Planning commission backs changes to commercial-vehicle parking rules, adds one-year review and sidewalk buffer
Summary
The commission approved a text amendment to allow larger commercial vehicles (raising the weight threshold to 10,000 pounds), allow one commercial vehicle per residential property, require paved-surface parking and remove location-based restrictions; commissioners added an amendment for a sidewalk buffer and a one-year review to monitor impacts before further changes.
The City of Wauwatosa Planning Commission voted unanimously to advance a text amendment revising commercial-vehicle parking rules in residential zones. Staff described the proposal as intended to ease restrictions for residents who use work vehicles.
Mr. Pinon summarized the draft changes: raise the allowed commercial-vehicle weight threshold to 10,000 pounds, permit one commercial vehicle per residential property, prohibit heavy commercial vehicles in residential zones, require commercial vehicles be parked on paved surfaces, and eliminate location-based (front-yard…
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