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Council approves first reading of zoning text changes to standardize historic-review rules
Summary
City planning staff presented a text amendment to Articles 2 and 3 of the zoning ordinance to clarify board jurisdictions, give the Historic District Board of Review limited variance power downtown, standardize approval validity periods to 24 months, and funnel certain review decisions to Superior Court; council approved first reading.
The Savannah City Council heard a presentation March 12 from a Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) representative on proposed zoning text amendments to Articles 2 and 3 of the zoning ordinance and placed the ordinance on first reading.
The MPC presentation said the changes would clarify which review bodies oversee historic districts, grant the Historic District Board of Review (HDBR) explicit authority to grant limited variances within the downtown historic district, and…
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