TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Tim Stillings, Director of Planning and Zoning
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: March 15, 2016
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ORDINANCE NO. 02-16, A PRIVATELY-INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SECTION 4.4.24(C), TO ADD SINGLE-LEVEL MECHANICAL PARKING LIFTS AS AN ACCESSORY USE IN THE OLD SCHOOL SQUARE HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT (OSSHAD). (SECOND READING/ SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Adopt Ordinance No. 02-16 on a final public hearing, the amendment to LDR Section 4.4.24(C), to permit single-level mechanical parking lifts as an accessory use in the OSSHAD zoning district, by adopting the findings of fact and law contained in the staff report, and finding that the text amendment and approval thereof is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and meets the criteria set forth in LDR Section 2.4.5(M).
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Background:
The item before the City Commission is the consideration of a privately-initiated text amendment to LDR Section 4.4.24(C), to add Single-level Mechanical Parking Lifts as an accessory use in the Old School Square Historic Arts District (OSSHAD).
Single-level mechanical parking lifts are currently permitted as an accessory use in the CBD, and are subject to specific criteria and requirements listed in LDR Sections 4.6.9(D)(1)(e) and 4.6.9(D)(11)(a-h). Provided as an attachment.
The OSSHAD zoning district is applied to a majority of the properties within the Old School Square Historic District. When a mechanical parking lift is proposed, a site plan application would be required to ensure compliance with the above LDR Sections, as well as those included in LDR Section 4.5.1(E), Historic Preservation: Designated Districts, Sites, and Buildings: Development Standards. The Historic Preservation Standards require compatibility and appropriateness of new development proposals and improvements to all properties within the Old School Square Historic District. As part...
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