The Mayor & Aldermen continued the Zoning Hearing from the February 28, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting.

The petitioner, Parkside Neighborhood Association, is requesting approval to amend the Zoning Ordinance to create a Conservation Overlay District (Article Q) for the area known as Daffin Park and Parkside.

This is the first of two related agenda items.  The second is to designate Daffin Park and Parkside as a Conservation Overlay District on the Zoning Map.

On January 29, 2019, the Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the request to amend Article Q: Conservation Overlay District to add Daffin-Park Parkside with the condition that the boundaries are consistent with the National Register boundaries (NRB).  Staff has confirmed the boundaries are consistent with the NRB.

From April 2018 through January 2019, the Parkside Neighborhood Association contacted neighbors about the proposed conservation district approximately 30 times by hand delivering flyers to all households, posting information on Facebook, Nextdoor and Twitter, emailing the Parkside Newsletter and creating YouTube video about the proposed change.  In coordination with the Metropolitan Planning Commission, the City mailed notices to property owners in the Parkside Neighborhood.  The mailing stated that the purpose of the conservation district will be to require the demolition of properties older than 50 years and meeting certain historic criteria be reviewed by the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit.  This would provide a public hearing in order to better protect established historic neighborhoods from losing historic buildings.

The National Park Services published the Daffin Park-Parkside Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1999.

Approval.