Wesley Inn Historic Overlay at Madison Avenue

Context: The March 5 and April 9, 2026 City Plan Commission items describe the site as "on the north side of N. Madison Avenue," while the May 27, 2026 Council public hearing item describes it as "along the south line of North Madison Avenue" for the same file, Z-26-000030, planner Rhonda Dunn, Ph.D.

Recommended: Request the ordinance and the metes-and-bounds legal description for the Wesley Inn overlay: the two City Plan Commission items place the property on the north side of North Madison Avenue while the Council hearing item places it along the south line of North Madison Avenue. Ask the planner whether the notice and posted description matched the ordinance exhibit before the ordinance is finalized, because a description mismatch is far harder to cure after adoption.

Context: All three appearances (March 5 and April 9, 2026 City Plan Commission, and the May 27, 2026 Council hearing) carry the same split framing: Landmark Commission recommendation of approval versus staff approval "subject to preservation criteria, with edits," on property zoned Planned Development District No. 830, Subdistrict 1.

Recommended: Obtain the staff-edited preservation criteria exhibit for The Wesley Inn at 1159 North Madison Avenue before budgeting a short- or long-term accommodations conversion — staff recommended approval only "subject to preservation criteria, with edits," while the Landmark Commission recommended plain approval, so the controlling exterior, window, and signage restrictions live in staff's edited version, not the Landmark record. Price façade and fenestration work off that document or you will bid a scope the overlay does not permit.

Context: The record shows two unanimous City Plan Commission votes (14-0 on March 5, 2026, and 13-0 on April 9, 2026, marked "U/A From: March 5, 2026") and a May 27, 2026 Council public hearing, but no Council vote result for Z-26-000030.

Recommended: Request the May 27, 2026 City Council minutes and the April 9 Plan Commission docket sheet for this case. The public hearing was noticed months ago and the Plan Commission voted unanimously twice — 14-0 on March 5 and 13-0 on April 9 after holding the case under advisement from March 5 — yet the matter is still listed as active with no recorded Council action, so ask the planner whether Council held, delayed, or closed the hearing.

Context: The application adds the use of lodging (short- and long-term accommodations) to Planned Development District No. 830, Subdistrict 1 (Bishop Avenue) at 1159 North Madison Avenue west of Ballard Avenue in Council District 1, and the City Plan Commission approved it 14-0 and 13-0 with no dissent.

Recommended: If you live near North Madison and Ballard Avenue, read the preservation criteria and the added lodging use language for The Wesley Inn — the change would allow both short-term (nightly) and long-term accommodations at 1159 North Madison Avenue, which is not currently a permitted use there. Ask the District 1 council office and planner whether the criteria cap guest rooms, parking, or on-site events, because unanimous commission support means objections must be raised at the Council hearing stage, not the commission stage.