Planning and Permits
Note: New fees in 2008 for applications for zoning changes, certified survey maps, land divisions, site plan review overlay districts and development incentive zones.
 

DCD's Planning Division and Development Center help developers building new projects, small business owners expanding their businesses, and homeowners making property improvements. 

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Applications and Procedures Zoning change ·  Check status of zoning change ·  Application form  pdf ·  Affidavit for zoning change  pdf ·  Application procedure  pdf ·  Processing schedule ·  Check the zoning of a property Planned development ·  Detailed submittal checklist  pdf ·  General submittal checklist  pdf ·  Application form  pdf ·  Affidavit for zoning change  pdf ·  Project description and owner's statement of intent  pdf ·  Processing schedule ·  Minor modification to planned development  pdf ·  Minor modification to planned development application  pdf Site plan review overlay district ·  Application form  pdf ·  Riverwalk site plan review overlay district information  pdf Development incentive zone ·  General information  pdf ·  Application form pdf ·  Processing schedule Neighborhood conservation overlay zone ·  General information  ·  Procedures  ·  Permit process  ·  Exception request  ·  Review certificates  Land division ·  Check status of land division ·  Certified survey map application pdf ·  Certified survey map: application procedure pdf ·  Subdivision creating 5 or more parcels:  application procedure  pdf ·  Subdivision application  pdf Street or alley vacation ·  Check status of vacation ·  Application form  pdf ·  Application procedure  pdf Group residential ·  Adult Family Homes (AFHs)  pdf ·  Community Living Arrangements (CLAs) pdf   Zoning Districts Zoning Code ·  Zoning Code on-line ·  Check the zoning of a property ·  City Code of Ordinances Interim Study Overlay Zone (IS) ·  What is IS zoning? Areas zoned IS: ·  Bay View/Wentworth ·  Milwaukee River Greenway Corridor Flood Plain Overlay Zone revisions ·  Lincoln Creek ·  Valley Park ·  Check a property's flood plain status Redevelopment Zoning (RED) ·  What is RED zoning? ·  RED variance application  pdf Areas zoned RED: ·  Beerline B ·  Eastern end of Menomonee Valley Plan area (6th/Canal) ·  Park East