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November 21, 2017 City Council Regular Meeting
Title
Motion to Amend the Zoning Ordinance Regarding Public Notification Requirements (Petitioner: City of Savannah)
Description

The Mayor and Aldermen approved the text amendment request following a zoning hearing at the November 9, 2017 City Council Meeting. The action being considered now is the approval of the ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance regarding the public notification requirements.

The amendment is at the request of the City of Savannah, petitioner (File No. 17-005211-ZA).

The existing public notice requirements for map (rezoning) amendments initiated by or for the Mayor and Aldermen exceed the requirements established by Georgia state law (O.C.G.A §36-66-1, also known as The Zoning Procedures Law or “ZPL”).  To establish consistency, an amendment to the existing public notice requirements is proposed.

This change includes amendments to Article M (Public Notification), Sections 8-3337 (Applicability), 8-3338 (Types of Public Notice, Table 1), 8-3339 (Content of Mailed and Published Notices), and 8-3340 (Procedure for Mailed Notice).

This change would affect only map amendments proposed by or on behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen. Privately initiated amendments would still have to comply with the posting and mailing requirements.

On October 10, 2017, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the proposed text amendment.

Recommendation

Approval

Contact
Shane Corbin, Zoning Administrator
Financial Impact
N/A
Review Comments
Attachments
Article M Public Notification Text Amendment 20171010 Planning Commission Recommendation.pdf
Article M Public Notification Text Amendment Draft Ordinance_17-005211-ZA Revised 20171024.pdf
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