The Mayor and Aldermen approved this request after a Zoning Hearing at the August 1, 2019 Regular City Council Meeting.  The action being considered today is the approval of an Ordinance for the amendment to the text of the Zoning Ordinance.

Bridget Lidy, for the City of Savannah, Petitioner (File No. 19-003042-ZA) is requesting approval to amend the City of Savannah Zoning Ordinance, Section 8-3030 Historic District, to correct a Scrivener’s error relating to the Factors Walk Character Area as it applies to Large Scale Development.

In July 2018, City Council adopted several amendments to Section 8-3030 Historic District ordinance. One of the major changes was that new construction within the Factors Walk Character Area would no longer be exempt from the Large Scale Development or Commercial Standards and the following language was removed from Section (18) Character Areas:

vi. New construction on Factors Walk is exempt from commercial and large scale development standards.

However, it was inadvertently left in Section (16) Large-Scale Development which still states:

New construction on Factors Walk and monumental buildings shall be exempt from Large-Scale Development standards.

The proposed text amendment is as follows:

New construction on monumental buildings shall be exempt from Large-Scale Development standards.

On June 25, 2019, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the proposed text amendment.

Approval