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Waterfront Maritime Conservation District - For the purpose of amending Retail Use, the Standards for Uses Subject to Standards and Parking Requirements in the WMC Zoning District.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 40-15
Sponsored by: Mayor Pantelides, Alderman Budge
Referred to
Rules and City Government
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Waterfront Maritime Conservation District
FOR the purpose of amending Retail Use, the Standards for Uses Subject to Standards and Parking Requirements in the WMC Zoning District.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2014 Edition
Section 21.46.020B
Section 21.48.040B
Section 21.64.540F
Section 21.64.550A
BY adding the following portion to the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2014 Edition
Section 21.66.130 Table Note 6
WHEREAS, the Waterfront Maritime Conservation (WMC) zoning district lies at the focus of Annapolis's downtown business, historical, and maritime area; and
WHEREAS, the WMC zoning district was established to preserve the maritime industry in the heart of downtown; and
WHEREAS, the Annapolis City Council wishes to clarify confusion that has arisen over the mix of uses in the WMC zoning district; and
WHEREAS, the Annapolis City Council believes on-site parking requirements in the WMC district should be similar to those in the surrounding downtown; and
WHEREAS, the Annapolis City Council believes that retail uses attendant to a vibrant local economy require the application of flexibility to how retail businesses address the community's needs through property use.
NOW THEREFORE
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended as follows:
21.46 WATERFRONT MARITIME DISTRICTS
21.46.020 WMC Waterfront Maritime Conservation district.
REVISOR'S NOTE: In this Sec...
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