PLAN COMMISSION
**Virtual Meeting**
Agenda — 46 items
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- 2 **Note** Quorum of the Common Council may be in attendance at this meeting.
- 3 Call to Order/Roll Call
- 4 Public Comment
- 1. Plan Commission Public Comment Period
- 6 Disclosures and Recusals
- 7 Minutes of the November 17, 2025 Regular Meeting
- 8 Schedule of Meetings
- 8 page break
- 9 Agenda Note:
- 10 Note: Hearing items may be called at any time after the beginning of the meeting. Those wishing to speak on an item must register with the Secretary. The Plan Commission uses a consent agenda, which means that the Commission can consider any item where there are no registrants wishing to speak in opposition regardless of its placement on the agenda.
- 11 New Business
- 2. Authorizing the City’s Participation in the Preparation of a Cooperative Plan Between the Cities of Madison and Middleton, Villages of DeForest and Waunakee, and the Town of Westport Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0307.
- 13 Public Hearings
- 14 Zoning Map and Ordinance Amendments to Implement Adopted Plans
- 3. SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Housing and Auto-Oriented Uses in the Transit Oriented Development Overlay District.
- 16 page break
- 4. Creating Section 28.022-00735 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 659 North Whitney Way and 5003 University Avenue, Alder District 19, from NMX (Neighborhood Mixed-Use) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District; and creating Section 28.022-00736 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 4860 Sheboygan Avenue, Alder District 11, from SE (Suburban Employment) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District. (District 11, District 19)
- 5. SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 28.022-00737 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 402-434 Gammon Place, 429 Gammon Place and 433 South Gammon Road from CC (Commercial Corridor) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District; and creating Section 28.022-00738 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 5701-5801 Mineral Point Road and 422 South Rosa Road from SE (Suburban Employment) District to RMX (Regional Mixed-Use) District. (District 19)
- 6. Creating Section 28.022-00739 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 4217-4237 Lien Road, the northern 220 feet of 4301 Lien Road, and 4325-4401 Lien Road from CC (Commercial Center) District to CC-T (Commercial Corridor-Transitional) District. (District 17)
- 7. Creating Section 28.022-00740 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 3245 East Washington Avenue from TR-C1 (Traditional Residential-Consistent 1) District to CC-T (Commercial Corridor-Transitional) District. (District 12)
- 8. SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections within Chapters 16 and 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to create “Cottage Courts.”
- 22 Development-Related Requests
- 9. 139 W Wilson Street (District 4): Consideration of a conditional use in the UMX (Urban Mixed-Use) District for a new building with greater than six (6) stories, and consideration of a conditional use pursuant to MGO Section 28.134(3) for projections into the Capitol View Preservation Limit, to allow construction of a sixteen-story apartment building with 320 units.
- 10. 116-124 E Gorham Street (District 2): Consideration of a conditional use in the Downtown Residential 1 (DR1) District for a multi-family dwelling with 13-24 units; and Consideration of a conditional use in the DR1 District for a residential building complex that will contain a relocated carriage house with four (4) dwelling units, the four-story, 18-unit apartment building, and an existing two-story, seven (7)-unit apartment building.
- 25 page break
- 26 Note: Items 11-14 are related and were considered as one public hearing.
- 11. 450 W Gilman Street - Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2)
- 12. Creating Section 28.022-00733 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 450 West Gilman Street and 425 North Frances Street from UMX (Urban Mixed-Use) District to DC (Downtown Core) District. (District 2)
- 13. 425 N Frances Street and 450 W Gilman Street (District 2): Consideration of a conditional use in the [Proposed] Downtown Core (DC) District for a new building with greater than six (6) stories, and consideration of a conditional use in the DC District for outdoor recreation, to allow construction of a sixteen-story mixed-use building with 700 square feet of commercial space and 118 apartments.
- 29 page break
- 14. Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by Bella Giardina, LLC and Ridgeview Apartments LLP located at 425 N Frances Street and 450 W Gilman Street (District 2).
- 31 Note: Items 15-17 are related and were considered as one public hearing.
- 15. Creating Section 28.022-00734 of the Madison General Ordinances to change the zoning of property located at 501 North Whitney Way from NMX (Neighborhood Mixed-Use) District to TSS (Traditional Shopping Street) District. (District 11)
- 16. 501 N Whitney Way (District 11): Consideration of a conditional use in the [Proposed] Traditional Shopping Street (TSS) District and Transit-Oriented Development Overlay District for a multi-family dwelling with greater than 36 units; and consideration of a conditional use in the TSS District for a building taller than four stories and 60 feet in the TOD overlay district, all to allow construction of a five-story, 42-unit multi-family dwelling.
- 17. Approving a Certified Survey Map of property owned by Eight and Eight Partnership located at 501 N Whitney Way (District 11).
- 35 Member Announcements, Communications or Business Items
- 36 page break
- 37 Secretary's Report
- 38 - Upcoming Matters – December 15, 2025
- 39 - Upcoming Matters – January 12, 2026
- 40 page break
- 40 Registrants for 2025 Plan Commission Meetings
- 41 The Plan Commission may preview these projects online at https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/current-projects/1599/. Projects are generally grouped by Plan Commission date. The information on the Current Projects pages may be different than the information in the Plan Commission materials for the meeting when a particular item will be considered.
- 42 Adjournment
- 43 Registrations