17 - Zoning Map Amendment creating the HD -19 Historic District Overlay

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Im Item No. 17 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Conduct a public hearing and take action regarding the petition of the City of Paris for a zoning map amendment, creating the HD -19 Historic District Overlay. The area encompasses 21 acres to include the 500-900 Blocks of Pine Bluff Street, the 300-600 Blocks of Fitzhugh Avenue, the South side of the 600-700 Blocks of E Cherry, the East side of the 300 Block of 6th NE, the 300 Block of 8th Street NE, and the addresses 803, 925, and 936 East Booth Street. MTG. DATE: June 26, 2023 BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS For the past 10+ months, Staff and the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) have been working to create a new local historic overlay district for the Pine Bluff & Fitzhugh Neighborhood. This district will be the exact same boundary as the national designation of the neighborhood for the National Register Historic District. The local designation will bring it into the same status as the Church Street Historic District making the area eligible for the same city fagade grants and architectural reviews by the HPC to preserve the historic character of the neighborhood. The HPC conducted a listening session in the fall last year, then a neighborhood program & presentation was held in the proposed district in April of this year, and then the HPC held a Public Hearing and recommended adoption of the new district at their regular May HPC Meeting. During this entire process, the residents who live in the district have been invited to attend these meetings and have been very support of the initiative. In order to establish the new district as an overlay to the Official City of Paris Zoning Map, the P&Z was also required to conduct a Public Hearing and make a final recommendation to the City Council. The P&Z recommended approval at their 6/5/23 meeting. Attached to this memo is a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the creation of this Historic District — 19 Overlay and the flier that was used to advertise the neighborhood event. RECOMMENDATION HPC, P&Z and Staff recommends approval of a zoning map amendment, creating the local City of Paris HD -19 Historic District Overlay.