Bridget Lidy (Petitioner) on behalf of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah is requesting the approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to correct various scrivener's errors, address inconsistencies within the local historic district overlays and permit the Savannah Downtown Historic District Board of Review and Historic Preservation Commission to grant special exceptions rather than variances. The request includes revisions to the following sections:

Article 2.0 Review Bodies and Administrators

2.5.1 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 Application and Review Procedures

3.1.2  Application Conference

3.1.3  Forms and Fees

3.2.2  Types of Public Notice (Types of Required Public Notice for Applications)

3.5.7  Action by the Mayor and Aldermen (Rezoning (Map Amendment))

3.12.2  Applicability (Special Exceptions)

3.12.4  Review by the Planning Commission

3.12.5  Review by Savannah Downtown Historic District Board of Review

3.12.6  Review by Historic Preservation Commission

3.18.17  Review by the Historic Preservation Commission (Certificate of Appropriateness for Local Historic Districts and Local Historic Properties)

3.19.7  Review by the Planning Director (Certificate of Appropriateness for the Savannah Downtown Historic District)

3.19.8  Review by the Historic Board of Review

3.21.2  Applicability (Variances)

3.21.3  Application Process

3.21.9  Authority to Grant Variances (Zoning Board of Appeals)

3.21.11  Time Limits for Variances

Article 7.0 Overlay Districts

7.8.1  Savannah Downtown Historic District Design Standards (Fences, Trellises and Walls)

7.9.10 Victorian Historic District Design Standards (Setbacks, Accessory Structures, Fencing and Walls)
7.10.4 Contributing Resources Map
7.10.10 Cuyler-Brownville Historic District Design Standards (Setbacks, Accessory Structures, Fences and Walls)
7.11.2 District Boundaries
7.11.5 Period of Significance (New section)
7.11.5 Certificate of Appropriateness Required
7.11.6 Criteria for a Certificate of Appropriateness
7.11.7 Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
7.11.8 Visual Compatibility Criteria
7.11.9 Streetcar Historic District Design Standards (Setbacks, Fences and Walls)
7.11.10 Monumental Buildings
7.11.11 Signs
7.11.12 Maintenance of Contributing Resources
7.11.13 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard-Montgomery Street Redevelopment Plan
7.15.1 Relationship to Zoning Districts (Conservation Overlay District)
7.13.3 Applicability (Conservation Overlay District)

Article 9.0 General Site Standards

9.3.4 Off-Street Parking Requirements (Table 9.3-1 Minimum Space Requirements)

Public comments will be accepted prior to the meeting beginning Monday, May 11, 2020 at 8am until Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12 noon.  Please contact the Clerk of Council's Office via email at ClerkofCouncil@savannahga.gov or via phone at (912) 651-6441.

Approval