· Monday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Overture Center for the Arts, Wisconsin Studio, 201 State Street;
· Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, Community Rooms 1, 2, 3, 1625 Northport Drive; and · Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the MGE Innovation Center, Conference Room 50 A-D, 510 Charmany Drive (University of Wisconsin Research Park). The City of Madison is rewriting its zoning code, which covers everything from the number of parking spaces (car, bike, moped, etc.) required at a building to how many people can live in a particular type of housing unit. Our current code dates from the 50s and 60s, and mandates separation of uses: commercial, residential, retail, industrial, manufacturing, etc. This means that if someone wants to build a development with retail on street level and residential above, they have to go through a special process. One of the first steps in rewriting the code is to hold meetings where the public can weigh in on what they feel should be changed. Those meetings are happening tonight (Monday) and Wednesday (May 21.) Many people on this list have voiced concerns about the current zoning code not fully providing adequate bicycle parking. For instance, residential buildings must provide one bike parking space per unit, but there are no requirements that it be indoors or covered, and there is no requirement that there be visitor bicycle parking. Our code also says nothing about moped parking, and increasingly mopeds are taking up bike parking spots. Other list participants have opinions on urban form, car parking requirements, more efficient land use, open space, green building requirements, or many other topics. All these can be included in the new zoning code! Please consider attending one of the meetings. More information is available at this press release from the city: http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=892 Robbie _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
