File #: O-34-17    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/29/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/23/2017 Final action: 10/23/2017
Title: Approvals of Exterior Changes in the Historic District - For the purpose of clarifying the scope of factors the Historic Preservation Commission may consider in reviewing applications for exterior changes to buildings in the Historic District of Annapolis.
Sponsors: Jared Littmann, Joe Budge
Indexes: Historic Preservation Commission, Planning Commission, Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-34-17 HPC Exterior Changes Approvals Ordinance.pdf, 2. O-34-17 Staff Report.pdf, 3. O-34-17 PZ Staff Report to PC ZTA2017-008.pdf, 4. O-34-17 Fiscal Impact.pdf, 5. O-34-17 PC Findings.pdf, 6. O-34-17 HPC Findings.pdf, 7. O-34-17 51 West St District Ct Decision copy.pdf, 8. O-34-17 Excerpts from Judge McKenna Decision.pdf, 9. O-34-17 SIGNED.pdf
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Approvals of Exterior Changes in the Historic District - For the purpose of clarifying the scope of factors the Historic Preservation Commission may consider in reviewing applications for exterior changes to buildings in the Historic District of Annapolis.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 34-17

Introduced by: Aldermen Littmann and Budge

Referred to
Historic Preservation Commission
Planning Commission
Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Approvals of Exterior Changes in the Historic District

FOR the purpose of clarifying the scope of factors the Historic Preservation Commission may consider in reviewing applications for exterior changes to buildings in the Historic District of Annapolis.

BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2016 Edition
21.56.060


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:

TITLE 21 - PLANNING AND ZONING
Division IV - Overlay District Regulations

Chapter 21.56 - HISTORIC DISTRICT
Article I - Approval of Exterior Changes

Section 21.56.060 - Application review.

A. In reviewing applications, the Commission shall give consideration to the historic, cultural, archaeological, or architectural significance of the landmark, site, or structure and its relationship to the historic, cultural, archaeological, or architectural significance of the surrounding area; the relationship of the exterior architectural features of a landmark, site, or structure to the remainder of the landmark, site, or structure and to the surrounding area; the general compatibility of proposed exterior design, scale, proportion, arrangement, texture, and materials to the landmark, site, or structure and to the surrounding area; and any other RELEVANT AND PROBATIVE factors, including aesthetic factors, which the Commission deems to be pertinent.

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