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Zoning & Planning Committee
Text Amendment Marina District Overlay
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Amending Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Planning and Zoning, Eliminating Chapter 1103.0800 Marina District Overlay and Toledo Municipal Code 1387.06 Signage for Marina District; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Plan Commission is requesting a study of the Marina District Overlay and possible text amendment to eliminate this Overlay District and associated Signage for Marina District. The Marina District Overlay District was established to help achieve the goals of the Marina District Urban Renewal Plan and adopted by Ordinance 273-07 in 2007. The Marina District Overlay district is the area bounded by the centerline of Main Street to the South, the center line of First Street, the centerline of Oswald Street, the rear lot lines of Lots 19 through 24 of the New Plat of Yondota Division, the entire boundary of Optimist Park and the first alley to the east of Front Street to the East, the centerline of the Craig Street Bridge to the North, and the Maumee River edge to the West. The Ordinance also established the signage regulations for the Marina District under TMC?1387.06.
The Marina District Overlay District is intended to provide design and development standards promoting architectural quality, pedestrian activity and a mix of residential, commercial and community activities. The Marina District Urban Renewal Plan and the associated Master Plan intended the area to attract investment for the development of residential, commercial, mixed-use development and entertainment facilities over a period of ten (10) to twenty (20) years. However, the area is yet to see this type of development and has vastly remained an open space to this day. The majority of the district makes up the Glass City Metropark, with a few multifamily housing and commercial buildings.
In addition to that, with Metroparks covering a majority of the area, there is less la...
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