Zoning Code Re-Write Project

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Project Status  (January 2023)

Middleton's Planning staff are currently working with the City's consultant, Vandewalle & Associates, to draft a new zoning ordinance and sign code for review by the project workgroup, City committees, and the public. We anticipate that the the zoning ordinance draft will be available for initial review in late winter 2023, with the sign ordinance draft available shortly thereafter. 

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Meetings

City planning staff are currently working with an informal workgroup to prepare a draft of the ordinance.  The Plan Commission will receive a project update at a meeting in February or March 2023.

Previous Meetings

8/19/21  Zoning Code Workshop at Kromrey Middle School 

1/29/22 Joint Meeting of the Common Council and Plan Commission

Project Purpose

In 2021, the City of Middleton began the process of preparing a new Zoning Ordinance and Map. The purposes of this project are to modernize zoning regulations, streamline zoning processes, encourage reinvestment, and implement the City’s Comprehensive Plan.  The process to complete the new Zoning Ordinance and Map will likely last through the middle of 2023. Public input is encouraged throughout so that the Zoning Ordinance reflects community wishes. This website is one opportunity for two-way communication on the progress and contents of the Zoning Ordinance and Map.

For more information on the process, see the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Frequently Asked Questions document or contact Mark Opitz, City Planner and Zoning Administrator, by phone at (608) 821-8394 or by email at mopitz@cityofmiddleton.us.

Project Resources

  1. Agreement with Vandewalle & Associates for Zoning Code Rewrite Project
  2. Comprehensive Plan (adopted March 2021)
  3. Project Overview - January 2022 (Staff Presentation)
  4. Stakeholder Interview Summary - July 2021
  5. Issues Identification (Consultant Memo)

Current Zoning and Related Ordinances

  1. Chapter 10 - Zoning (PDF)
  2. Standards for Off-Street Parking Areas and Landscaping (PDF) 
Objetivo del Proyecto

2021, la Ciudad de Middleton comenzó un proceso para actualizar su Ordenanza y Mapa de Zonificación. El propósito de este proyecto es para modernizar las regulaciones de zonificación, simplificar el proceso de zonificación, y implementar el Plan Integral de la Ciudad. El proceso para completar la Ordenanza de Zonificación y el Mapa finalizará en el verano de 2023. Se fomenta la participación pública durante todo el proceso para que la Ordenanza de Zonificación refleje los deseos de la comunidad. Este sitio web es una oportunidad para la comunicación bidireccional sobre el progreso y el contenido de la Ordenanza de Zonificación.

Para obtener más información sobre el proceso, consulte el documento de Preguntas Frecuentes sobre la reescritura de la Ordenanza de Zonificación o comuníquese con Mark Opitz, Planificador de la Ciudad y Administrador de Zonificación, por teléfono al (608) 821-8394 o por correo electrónico a mopitz@cityofmiddleton.us.