Meeting Date: September 15, 2022
To: Members of the Planning Commission
From: Revee Needham, Assistant City Planner
Title
Consider Text Amendment Amending Review Procedure for Work within the Historic District.
Body
Action Requested:
The Planning Commission is asked to make a motion recommending the proposed text amendment for the review procedure of work within the historic district.
Summary Report:
The Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) is vested with the power to review and make decisions on Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) in the Downtown Historic District. Under current Land Development Code (LDC) regulation, a COA is required for "construction, exterior alteration or rehabilitation, moving, or demolition of a building or structure on a heritage preservation site" in the H-O District. The COA review follows a Type 3 Review Procedure with the HPC making the final decision.
This discussion began over ambiguity in the COA language with the goals to provide more clarity on COA review. Over the last several months, the HPC has discussed potential language changes with the Planning Commission (PC) and City Council (CC). Throughout the discussions and a closer examination of LDC language, the scope of proposed text amendments was widened.
The HPC has refined the changes over the past several months and is ready to forward the recommendation to the Planning Commission (PC). Below is the timeline of meetings where the HPC and PC have discussed revising the heritage preservation ordinance regulations.
* March 10, 2022 - HPC
* April 12, 2022 - CC and HPC joint work session
* April 14, 2022 - CC
* May 12, 2022 - HPC
* May 19, 2022 - PC
* June 15, 2022 - HPC and PC joint work session
* August 3, 2022 - HPC
* August 11, 2022 - HPC
Attached to this report are the past staff reports of the HPC, PC, and CC for further information on how the process has evolved. A text amendment follows the Type 4 Review Procedure, where the PC holds a public hear...
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