Air and Subterranean Space Lease Structures.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 245-14
in effect245-14. Air and Subterranean Space Lease Structures.
1. There is created a committee on air and subterranean space lease structures composed of the following or their designees:
a. Commissioner of neighborhood services.
b. Commissioner of public works.
c. City engineer.
d. Planning director, department of city development.
e. City real estate agent. Special Privileges
1.5.
An assistant city attorney shall be assigned to the committee by the city attorney to provide legal advice for the conduct of the committee and the drafting of the necessary documents.
2.
Such committee shall have for its duties the coordination of all air space and subterranean lease requests which are made to the city of Milwaukee pursuant to s. 66.0915(3) and (4), Wis. Stats.
3.
The committee shall design all forms to be used, and the commissioner of neighborhood services shall distribute application forms to those requesting the same. The members of the committee shall elect one of their members chair to preside over the committee for a term at the pleasure of the committee. Verbatim reports of the committee activities need not be kept unless the committee so decides. Completed applications shall be returned to the commissioner of neighborhood services or his or her representative on the committee, together with the building plans, plot plans and other data that will show the elevations, location, height and site of the proposed structure, its relationship to adjoining buildings, and a memorandum of ownership showing the last recorded owner of all of the properties proposed to be joined by the air or subterranean space structure.
4.
The application and additional submissions, in duplicate, shall be accompanied by the fee specified in s. 200-33, special privileges, etc., which shall be paid to the city treasurer, and the commissioner of neighborhood services shall submit the original of the application to the city clerk, who shall transmit the same to the common council for introduction at its next regularly scheduled meeting. A combination air space and subterranean lease shall require individual leases and a separate application and fee shall be required for each. Such fee shall not be returnable, nor shall such fee be waived at any time. The council, on receipt thereof, shall refer the same jointly to an appropriate committee of the common council, the city plan commission and the special committee on air and subterranean space lease structures, and shall be transmitted to the special committee for investigation.
5.
The special committee may meet with the applicant from time to time, and may request additional information, maps, drawings, documents, plans and other information from the applicant relative to the request. When the special committee completes its investigation, it shall make a written report thereof, attach it to the common council file and transmit same to the city plan commission.
6.
Upon receipt of the entire file from the special committee, the city plan commission shall review the same, make its recommendations thereon in writing, attach such recommendations to the file and return such file to the special committee. Upon receipt thereof, the special committee shall transmit the entire file including the suggested lease fee to the committee of the common council to which it was referred.
7.
The common council committee may make further references of the file to such other boards, commissions or officers for any further information that it may deem necessary, or may return the file to the special committee with instructions or for additional information.
8.
This section is intended to be procedural only and is not intended to supersede or nullify any other section of the Milwaukee code, or the building and zoning code.
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Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-2/CH245.pdf#page=9Fetched: 10/26/2026