The City of Savannah, on behalf of the Carver Village Neighborhood Association, (File No. 19-006959-ZA) has filed a petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance to create an overlay district for the area known as Historic Carver Village – Flatman Village. The Conservation Overlay District, Article 7, Section 7.15 (formerly Article Q) was created in January 2019 at the request of the Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Neighborhood Association in order to require that proposed demolitions of historic buildings within designated areas be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission (formerly reviewed by the Metropolitan Planning Commission) prior to the issuance of a building permit.

The proposed overlay district includes two areas: Historic Carver Village and Flatman Village; both are residential subdivisions with mostly mid-20th century single family dwellings. Carver Village is an established, historic neighborhood with a distinctive social and architectural history. Following the listing of Carver Village on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2019, the City of Savannah and the Carver Village Neighborhood Association now seek to protect the area from unnecessary demolition of historic buildings as well as prohibit lot recombination by establishing the Conservation District. This would require that all demolitions of historic buildings be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission at a public hearing and public notice would be provided; it would also prohibit all lot recombinations.

The Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning text amendment to Article 7, Section 7.15 Conservation Overlay District to add the Historic Carver Village – Flatman Village District as requested.

Approval