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WARD: Citywide
COMMITTEE: Community Development
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Public Hearing - Code Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to update Section 717 - City of Smyrna
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ISSUE: While reviewing the Zoning Ordinance, Community Development found several discrepancies between what is stated in Section 717 of the Zoning Ordinance (CDD, Corridor Design Districts) and the corresponding appendices of the Ordinance. Community Development found that there were a few items that were not transferred over from the appendices to Section 717 when the new section was created.
Additionally, when the current Sign Ordinance was passed in 2005, it was stated that “the effective date of this chapter shall be immediately upon passage by the governing authority. All ordinances and parts of ordinances concerning signs in conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed.” This means that the sign guidelines listed in Section 717 are both unnecessary and invalid thus calling for its removal.
BACKGROUND: While reviewing Section 717 of the Zoning Ordinance to repeal several related appendices, Community Development staff noticed a few changes within Section 717 that were required to match what is currently enforced. In addition, the Community Development Department cleaned up any existing typing or grammatical errors. The Zoning Ordinance amendment was heard by the Planning and Zoning Board on December 10, 2018. It was recommended for approval by a vote of 7-0.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: Community Development has reviewed the City’s Zoning Ordinance and has made several code amendments. The proposed amendments include:
1) Repealing sign information;
2) And correcting typing errors.
Community Development recommends approval of the following code amendments to Section 717 of the City’s Zoning Ordinance.