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Uptown Urban Overlay District Boundaries
Zoning & Planning Committee
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Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Subsections 1103.0904 and 1103.1604, modifying the UpTown Urban Neighborhood Overlay District boundaries; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Monroe Street Corridor UNO District was established in July of 2007 based on a key recommendation in the Monroe Street Corridor Design and Livability Plan and the efforts of three community development corporations serving the area: Ottawa CDC, Toledo CDC and Neighborhoods in Partnership. The Monroe Street Corridor Design and Livability Plan was adopted in 2003. The plan's ultimate goal is to create a unique gateway within the heart of the city and reestablish the neighborhood fabric along the corridor. The Monroe Street Corridor UNO District was the first district established under the Urban Neighborhood Overlay provisions in the Toledo Planning and Zoning Code. The Monroe Street Corridor UNO District does not have an Architectural Review Committee. Instead, developments within the Monroe Street Corridor UNO District are reviewed administratively by Plan Commission staff.
The UpTown UNO District was established in October 2015 at the request of the UpTown Association. The UpTown UNO District outlines standards that are intended to ensure the realization of the vision and objectives of the of the UpTown Plan. The original UpTown Plan was adopted in 2013 and subsequently updated in 2019. While the UpTown UNO District does not currently include the properties along Monroe Street that are in the Monroe Street Corridor UNO District, they were included in the study area for the 2019 UpTown Master Plan, which in effect creates a gap in the UpTown Neighborhood. In establishing the UpTown UNO District, an Architectural Review Committee was created. The Uptown District Architectural Review Committee (UDARC) is an active committee consisting of five (5) members t...
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