CITY PLAN COMMISSION
TL;DR
The City Plan Commission met to review several real estate and zoning matters, including approval of a sale of city-owned parking property and modifications to two development projects. Key items included allowing a Department of Public Works parking lot to be sold to a private developer and approving changes to the former Walmart building on West Hope Avenue to accommodate self-storage and data processing facilities.
Key Decisions
- DPW Parking Lot Sale (1335 North 12th Street) Approved
- Riverwest Apartments Signage Modification (2323 North Commerce Street) Approved
- Midtown Center DIZ Deviation - Former Walmart (5825 West Hope Avenue) Approved
- Midtown Center DIZ Overlay Changes - Former Walmart (5825 West Hope Avenue) Approved
Agenda
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- Review and approval of the previous meeting minutes from April 27, 2026.
- Real Estate
- 2. Resolution declaring the Department of Public Works parking lot at 1335 North 12th Street as surplus to municipal needs and authorizing acceptance of an unsolicited offer to purchase from Vliet Street Lofts, LLC, in the 4th Aldermanic District.Resolution
- Zoning
- 3. Resolution relating to a minor modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as Riverwest Apartments to allow additional signage on the mixed-use building located at 2323 North Commerce Street, on the north side of East North Avenue, west of North Commerce Street, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.Resolution
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- Zoning - Public Hearing 1:40 PM
- 4. Resolution approving the request for a deviation from the performance standards established by the Midtown Center Development Incentive Zone (DIZ) Overlay to allow an indoor self-storage facility and a data processing/computer services/computer research facility as permitted uses within a portion of the former Walmart building at 5825 West Hope Avenue, located on the east side of North 60th Street, north of West Capitol Drive, in the 2nd Aldermanic District.Plan Commission Resolution
- Zoning
- 5. Resolution approving changes to the site and existing building previously occupied by Walmart located at 5825 West Hope Avenue, on the east side of North 60th Street, north of West Capitol Drive, relative to the Midtown Center Development Incentive Zone (DIZ) overlay established by Section 295-91.0044 of the former Milwaukee Code, in the 2nd Aldermanic District.Plan Commission Resolution
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