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Council adopts ordinance requiring 3D scans of designated historic buildings before demolition

Milwaukee Common Council · March 24, 2026
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Summary

The council approved a substitute ordinance requiring property owners of historically designated buildings or those in historic districts to produce three-dimensional scans as a condition for a certificate of appropriateness for demolition; the scans will be retained by the Historic Preservation Commission and the cost falls to owners.

The Common Council approved a substitute ordinance on March 3 requiring three-dimensional (3D) scans for historically designated properties or properties in historic districts as a condition of a certificate of appropriateness for demolition.

Sponsor Alderman Bauman said the scans create a permanent record — citing the Notre Dame restoration as an example — and that the Historic…

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