3035 N Brookfield Rd, Brookfield, WI 53045

Village Area Business District

The village area business district VAB is intended to encourage and promote a well-planned mixed-use environment with commercial, office and residential components, layered vertically. This section will implement the preferences for the village area neighborhood plan, an update to the city master plan. The specific goal is to encourage efficient land use by facilitating developments that minimize the amount of land needed for surface parking, while at the same time acknowledges the need for parking provided through a combination of on-site and off-site parking facilities. A safe, comfortable and attractive business district is desired for pedestrians, patrons and residents. The district is intended to supplement the objectives of the B-1 local business district in an area that is characterized by small, shallow or narrow lots; where commercial parcels are adjacent to residential development located on small, narrow or shallow lots, or which have offsets below those required by code; or where the patterns of land division were platted—and largely developed—prior to the establishment of zoning. The regulations of this district address building, use, parking, height, area, aesthetic, and stormwater management requirements, where the intent is to complement the existing, historically significant commercial and mixed-use structures in the district.