Bridget Lidy, petitioner, for the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah 

is requesting approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to correct various scrivener's errors and to incorporate recently approved text amendments (File No. 19-005436-ZA).

The request includes revisions to the following sections:

Article 1.0:

• 1.1.11  Effective Date

• 1.6  Zoning of Property Relating to New Service Delivery

Article 2.0

• 2.3.2 Powers and Duties (Planning Commission)

• 2.5.2 Powers and Duties (Historic Preservation Commission)

• 2.6.2 Powers and Duties (Savannah Downtown Historic District Board of Review)

• 2.7.3 Powers and Duties (Planning Director)

Article 3.0

• 3.5.6 Review by the Planning Commission

• 3.5.7 Action by the Mayor and Aldermen

• 3.7.8 Limitations on Zoning Text Amendment Applications

• 3.18.7 Review by the Historic Preservation Commission

• 3.18.8 Criteria for Relocation or Demolition

• 3.19.8 Review by the Historic Board of Review

• 3.21.8 Limitations on Power to Grant Variances

Article 5.0

• 5.4  Principal Use Table

• Add 8.7.11 to Child/adult day care home

• Add 8.7.24 to Restaurant

Article 6.0

• 6.1.6 Types of Planned Developments

Article 7.0

• Sec. 7.8 Savannah Downtown Historic Overlay District

  • 7.8.1 Purpose

  • 7.8.2 District Boundaries

    • Figure 7.8-1 Savannah Downtown Historic District Boundaries

    • Figure 7.8-1A Contributing Resources Map

  • 7.8.5 Period of Significance

  • 7.8.10 Savannah Downtown Historic District Design Standards

    • a. Streets and Lanes

    • b.  Height

    • Figure 7.8-3 Closed or Privately-owned Streets and Lanes in the Oglethorpe Plan Area

    • Figure 7.8-4 Savannah Downtown Historic District Height Map

    • h. Windows, Shutters and Commercial Storefronts

    • i. Porches, Stoops, Balconies, Porticos, Exterior Stairs and Decks

    • p. Mechanical Equipment and Refuse

    • r. Parking and Paving

    • s. Fences, Trellises and Walls

    • t. Large-Scale Development Standards

  • 7.8.11 Character Areas

  • 7.8.12 Signs

  • 7.11.2  District Boundaries (Streetcar Historic Overlay District)

    • Figure 7.11-1 Streetcar Historic District Boundaries

    • Figure 7.11-2 Streetcar Historic District Contributing Resources Map

• Sec. 7.14 Alcohol Density Overlay District

  • 7.14.3  Applicability

  • 7.14.4  Prohibited Uses

    • Figure 7.14-1 AD-1 District. West Bay Street Area

    • Figure 7.14-2 AD-2 District. Montgomery Street Area

    • Figure 7.14-3 AD-3 District. Ogeechee Road Area

    • Figure 7.14-4. AD-4 District. Liberty City Area

Article 8.0

• 8.4.14 Convenience Store with or without Fuel/Gas Sales; Fuel/Gas Station

· 8.7.4 Accessory Dwelling Units (not including Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit)

• 8.4.39 Vehicle Sales, Rentals and Leasing

Article 9.0

• 9.9.17  Special Sign Districts

Article 13.0

• 13.2  Defined Terms, General

  • Service, general

  • Inn

• 13.5  Defined Terms, Historic

  • Active Use

  • Green Roof

  • Historic District Height Map

  • Large scale development 

  • Primary façade

  • Temporary

Approval