City of Annapolis - File #: O-15-23

• File #: O-15-23
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/3/2023
• In control: Planning Commission
• On agenda: 7/10/2023
• Final action: 7/10/2023
• Title: Building Height and Elevation Limit - Exception for FEMA Flood Zones in Annapolis - For the purpose of exempting building construction in Federal Emergency Management Agency's AE flood zones including the Annapolis' City Dock area from certain elevation restrictions; setting exception criteria; and generally related to Planning and Zoning height measurement.
• Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
• Indexes: Planning Commission, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/10/2023	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
7/10/2023	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
7/10/2023	1	City Council	amended	Pass
7/10/2023	1	City Council	adopt as amended	Pass
7/10/2023	1	City Council	adopt on third reader	Pass
6/6/2023	1	Rules & City Government Committee	no action taken	Pass
6/6/2023	1	Environmental Matters Committee
4/10/2023	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer
4/10/2023	1	City Council	refer

Title
Building Height and Elevation Limit - Exception for FEMA Flood Zones in Annapolis - For the purpose of exempting building construction in Federal Emergency Management Agency's AE flood zones including the Annapolis' City Dock area from certain elevation restrictions; setting exception criteria; and generally related to Planning and Zoning height measurement.

Body

CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 15-23

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley
Co-sponsored by:

Referred to
Planning Commission
Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Building Height and Elevation Limits - Exception for FEMA Flood Zones in Annapolis

FOR the purpose of exempting building construction in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's AE flood zones including the Annapolis' City Dock area from certain elevation restrictions; setting exception criteria; and generally related to Planning and Zoning height measurement.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2022 Edition

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
Article II - Height and Bulk Limits
Section 21.56.170 - Height measurement

21.56.170 Height measurement.
The height of buildings shall be determined in the following manner:
A. All measurements shall be taken from the center of the building at the front setback line; provided, however, that if the building is greater than forty-four feet wide, the massing shall conform to Section 21.56.210. In buildings greater than forty-four feet in width, the building height measurement shall be taken at the highest point of each building element at the front setback line.
B. Antennas and mechanical equipment up to thirty inches high shall not be counted in computing height, and penthouses, other structures and mechanical equi...