18 - Ordinance Repealing Section 7-2 Decorative Canvas Awnings in the Central Area District

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Item No. 18 "I, ffiff1m, I r, , M, TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager SUBJECT: CANVAS AWNING ORDINANCE DATE: November 30, 2018 BACKGROUND: Section 7-2, "Decorative canvas awnings in the Central Area District," of Chapter 7, "Buildings and Building Regulations," dating from 1970, is an old, outdated ordinance that provides for a Committee of Architectural Preservation of the Central Business District of the City to review and approve or disapprove any decorative canvas awnings proposed in downtown. STATUS OF ISSUE: However, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) was created in 2000-01 and assumed that review role, but the old ordinance that created the 1970 committee was never rescinded. The latter committee does not exist, nor has it for very many years, and at this time, the review of awnings is completed either in-house or by the HPC, depending on the circumstance. This is a only an administrative cleanup issue, but we need to officially repeal the old ordinance for clarity and consistency. BUDGET: NA RECOMMENDATION: Approve attached ordinance.