2841 South Howell Avenue Rezone
Milwaukee
Description
The council rezoned this Howell Avenue property from two-family residential to neighborhood shopping, allowing a wider mix of commercial uses.
Impact summary
Opens the door for more commercial uses on this Bay View-area parcel, changing what can be built there.
Applicant
- Address
- 2841 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI (14th Aldermanic District)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 4
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · Common Council
Rising — discussed at 3 meetings since Sep 28, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Meeting timeline (3)
COMMON COUNCIL — October 13, 2026
The council rezoned this Howell Avenue property from two-family residential to neighborhood shopping, allowing a wider mix of commercial uses.
ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE — October 6, 2026
Owners want to rezone from two-family residential to neighborhood shopping so they can open a café, retail shop or art studio in a long-vacant Bay View building they've been rehabbing.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION — September 28, 2026
Rezone from RT4 two-family residential to NS2 neighborhood shopping so the owners can restore a vacant mixed-use building with a café, retail, or art studio on the ground floor.
Related issues (2)
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