Label
Zoning & Planning Committee
Title
Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Subsection 1103 Overlay Zoning District and 1103.1500 Warehouse Urban Neighborhood Overlay; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The request is a Text Amendment to the Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1103 Overlay Zoning Districts pertaining to Section 1103.1500 Warehouse Urban Neighborhood Overlay that is specific to Warehouse District. The Text Amendment was prepared by the Toledo Warehouse District Association, Toledo Warehouse District Architectural Review Committee (TWDARC), and the Toledo City Plan Commission staff.
The Toledo Warehouse Association and TWDARC worked together to review the existing guidelines that were adopted in 2014. The two groups worked diligently to update the standards to reflect the new changes in the district, and the recently adopted parking lot guidelines in the Downtown Overlay District.
The Toledo Warehouse Urban Neighborhood Overlay is bounded by Monroe Street to the north, Ottawa Street to the east along the riverfront, down to Saint Clair Street and following the Swan Creek watershed for the southern border, and then heading north along the Anthony Wayne Trail for the western boundary. Directly south of the Warehouse District is the Middle Grounds District that has an adopted neighborhood plan, and directly north is the Downtown Overlay District (DOD) that overlaps into the Warehouse Overlay.
The TWDARC placed this project on their monthly meeting agenda to upgrade the standards without any impact or expense to the existing property owners with the exception of surface parking lots. The proposed Text Amendment will provide guidance on building materials, signage, lighting, and surface lots. These new guidelines will not change the zoning of any property located within the Toledo Warehouse District.
On January 9, 2020 the Toledo City Plan Commission considered and recommended a...
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