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Zoning & Planning Committee
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Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Subsection 1103.0202, 1103.0205, 1103.0207; and enacting a new Toledo Municipal Code, Chapter Eleven, Subsections 1103.0208, 1103.0209, 1103.0210, 1103.0211 regarding the Downtown Overlay District Regulations pertaining to parking; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The request is a Text Amendment to the Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1103 Overlay Zoning Districts pertaining to Sections 1103.0202, 1103.0205, 1103.0207, 1103.0208, 1103.0209, 1103.0210, and 1103.0211 that are specific to the Downtown Overlay District (DOD). The Text Amendment was prepared by the City of Toledo Department Economic and Business Development and the Toledo City Plan Commission staff.
The Department Economic and Business Development representatives engaged in public and private meetings with the stakeholders located in the DOD to encourage business owners to bring their surface parking lots into compliance with the new design guidelines that are being proposed under the Text Amendment. Additionally, the Department Economic and Business Development representatives presented the proposed Text Amendment to City Council in a public meeting on April 25, 2019 where stakeholders were allowed to voice concerns regarding the parking issues within the DOD.
The Downtown Overlay District (DOD) is bounded by 14th Street to the west, Woodruff Avenue to Cherry Street to the north, Summit Street creating the easterly boarder along the riverfront, and down to Lafayette Street and Washington Street for the southern border. Directly west of the DOD is UpTown District, to the north is the Vistula Historic District, and directly to the south is the Warehouse District that overlaps into the DOD.
The Text Amendment will require all surface parking lot owners to follow the design criteria for fencing in the lots with black wrought iron or black heavy gauge aluminum tube along with ...
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