Title
Amending Legislative Code Chapters 60, 63, and 66 pertaining to the RM zoning districts.
Body
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2020, the Planning Commission passed Resolution 20-29 that initiated a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to the RM zoning district regulations in Article 66.200 of the Zoning Code, and other connected regulations contained in the Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission duly conducted a public hearing on May 1, 2020 regarding the potential amendments;
WHEREAS, in a memo dated July 15, 2020, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which recommendations and a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code regulating the RM zoning districts and other connected regulations were set forth; and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2020, the Planning Commission, based upon the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the May 1, 2020 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regulating the RM zoning districts and other connected regulations to the Mayor and City Council for its review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council having been duly conducted at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and having considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning text amendments, including the Planning Commission’s minutes and the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s memorandum and their rationale for the recommended Zoning Code amendments which the Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this ordinance for the specific purpose of articulating the Council’s reasons and rationale for enacting the recommended amendments as set forth below in Section 1, in addition to any other reasons the Council might articul...
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