Wauwatosa's Proposed Chain Restaurant Ban Has Company

A community outside Wauwatosa has joined the movement to restrict chain restaurants.

Richfield's planning commission voted last week to ban construction of new fast-food restaurants near large residential areas, reported the Associated Press. Richfield is northwest of Milwaukee near West Bend.

A proposed zoning amendment in Wauwatosa calls for the restriction or prohibition of chain restaurants in East Tosa. Under the amendment, the city would be able to turn away such restaurants in the stretch of North Avenue from 60th Street to 76th Street (Wauwatosa Avenue).

The Wauwatosa Common Council is expected to make a decision on the amendment later this month April.

A ban on fast-food restaurants was enacted in Sister Bay in 2010, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.