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Single-Family Attached Dwellings in C1A Special Conservation District - For the purpose of deeming conforming those single-family attached dwellings lawfully existing on June 20, 1994, in the C1A Special Conservation Residence District.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 1-14 Amended
Introduced by: Alderman Budge
Referred to
Rules and City Government
Planning Commission
A ORDINANCE concerning
Single-Family Attached Dwellings in C1A Special Conservation District
FOR the purpose of deeming conforming those single-family attached dwellings lawfully existing on June 20, 1994, in the C1A Special Conservation Residence District.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2012 Edition
Section 21.40.140
WHEREAS, row houses are an established feature of historic Annapolis and, while the Zoning Code prohibits new row house construction, the current restrictions in effect mean that an owner of an existing row house does not have the same expansion privileges as an owner of a single-family dwelling or a two-family attached dwelling; and
WHEREAS, any expansion permitted as a result of this ordinance would still be subject to Historic Preservation Commission review and approval.
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 21.40 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
21.40.140 C1-A Special Conservation Residence district.
A. Purpose. The C1-A Special Conservation Residence district is designed to preserve neighborhoods that have been identified as "at risk" in the Annapolis Comprehensive Plan as amended through and including amendments to the "Ward One Sector Study." At risk neighborhoods are identified as being significantly impacted by at least two of the following characteristics:
1. A growing number of nonconforming uses,
2. Unmaintained build...
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