Milwaukee's Mayor Johnson wants 1 million residents

[Steely Dan]

Silly hyperbole of the headline aside, it looks like the Cream City wants to jump on board the upzoning/ADU express!

Mayor Johnson wants 1 million residents. City Hall has a plan to encourage more housing
Tom Daykin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson wants the city to eventually have 1 million residents − and his Department of City Development is working on a plan to encourage more housing construction.

Growing MKE calls for such things as allowing townhouses, duplexes and other similar style homes on all residentially zoned parcels; permitting triplexes and fourplexes on parcels zoned for duplexes, and allowing more apartment buildings with up to eight units in denser neighborhoods served by mass transit.

The plan's recommendations also include creating predictable height standards for apartment and condominium buildings while removing limits on the number of dwelling units; updating design standards for those developments, and reducing their minimum parking space requirements.

The general idea: encourage construction of more housing with a focus on density, walkability and more options − including affordable choices.

Full article: https://www.jsonline.com/story/money...s/71476783007/