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Savannah council adopts affordable-housing overlay map amendment after heated public hearing; vote 7–2
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing during which residents, preservationists and advocates clashed over neighborhood impacts, the Savannah City Council approved a zoning map amendment to add an Affordable Housing Overlay for parts of several historic neighborhoods; council placed the ordinance on first and second reading and passed it 7–2.
The Savannah City Council approved a zoning map amendment on April 24 to add an Affordable Housing Overlay in parts of several historic neighborhoods, placing the ordinance on first and second reading and voting 7–2 to pass.
The measure, presented by Bridget Liddy, director of planning and urban design, and Edward Morrow of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, creates a program that allows limited density increases — for example duplexes, triplexes or quads — in designated areas when developers or property owners opt into the overlay and agree to set specified units as "affordable" under a definition the council adopted in November. Liddy told the council the map specifically covers portions of the Victorian District, Metropolitan, Thomas Square and Live Oak neighborhoods and that other neighborhoods may petition to join later.
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