SUMMARY OF REQUESTS FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS
#
Issue
Applicant
Date
Posted
Zoning
Code
Section
1.
Front Yard
Parking
City
Commission
8 / 08
Article VII
Division 2
Parking
2.
Bayou Oaks
Overlay
City
Commission
8 / 08
Article VI
Division 9
Overlay
Districts
8 / 08
III-301 &
III-1101 &
IV-606
Bayou
Oaks
Neigh.
Assn.
3.
Coastal Islands
Overlay
City
Commission
Per A.S.
3.7, 3.8,
3.13, 3.14
Env. &
Coastal
Island Ch.
4.
Seawalls
City
Commission
Per A.S.
3.16 Env. &
Coastal
Island Ch.
VI-Div 9
Coastal
Island
Overlay
8 / 08
VII-1304
Seawalls
General Description
Reason for Change
ZTA
Committee
Priority
(high, med,
City
low)
Commission
Authorization
(date)
Item
Level of
Difficulty
(high, med,
low)
ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS ON FILE AND MAY BE VIEWED UPON REQUEST
(NOTE: The first 5 requests do not have applications)
Limits parking in front yards of
single-family and two-family homes
to driveways. Pilot program
established in Gillespie Park on
August 20, 2008. Review program
for continuation and expansion by
August 20, 2009.
Establishes an overlay for Bayou
Oaks (US 41 Bradenton Rd, Myrtle St
and Patterson Dr.) that provides for
an “artist colony live-work mixed
use”. See Bayou Oaks NAS.
Improve neighborhood aesthetics.
High
Aug 08
Implementation of Neighborhood
Action Strategy and Sarasota City Plan
policies.
Medium
Aug 08
Prohibits variances for lot size and
building coverage on coastal islands.
Implementation of Sarasota City Plan
policies.
Medium
Aug 08
Implementation of Sarasota City Plan
policies.
Low
Aug 08
Limits maximum impervious surface
(see illustration EP-16)
Limits maximum height (see
illustration EP-15)
Prohibits hardening of natural
shorelines.
5.
Issue
Zone District
Update
Applicant
City
Commission
Date
Posted
8 / 08
Per A.S. &
Land Use
Classificatio
n in Future
Land Use
Chapter
Zoning
Code
Section
VI-101
Implementing
Districts
VI-Div 5,
Revise CBN
VI-Div 10
Add DTNE
General Description
Redefines land use classifications and
implementing zone districts
Reason for Change
Implementation of Sarasota City Plan
policies.
High
Revises CBN to implement mixed use
for MLK corridor
Establishes a new Downtown
Neighborhood Edge (DTNE) zone
district to provide an alternative to
Downtown Edge (DTE) as a transition
/ buffer zone adjacent to Downtown
Neighborhood (DTN) and other
primarily residential zones.
Issues
directed by
Sarasota
City Plan
Issues to
considered
for next
cycle
6.
Bird Key Overlay
Residents
11 / 02
to
5 / 08
Article VI
Division 9
Overlay
Districts
7.
Cabana Inn
Density
Rodney
Dessberg
11/08
Article V
Division 1
Vested
Rights
Create various development and
design standards for setbacks,
height, roof material, accessory
structures, walls/fences, docks,
sound barriers, lot size, tennis courts,
and design. See e-mail dated 5-1608 from Jack Laurie and previous
requests dating back to 11/ 02.
Allow more guest rooms for existing
hotels. Specifically, the maximum
number of guest rooms permitted
shall equal 3.1 times the number of
dwelling units permitted in that
particular zone district.
1. These are building requirements the
city checks routinely in the
permitting process.
2. This will reduce the permitting
confusion between the city and Bird
Key for owners and contractors.
This change will make it economically
feasible to maintain many of the
smaller older existing hotels.
Medium
High
ZTA
Committee
Priority
(high, med,
City
low)
Commission
Authorization
(date)
#
Level of
Difficulty
(high, med,
low)
Item
Aug 08
Issue
Applicant
Date
Posted
Zoning
Code
Section
General Description
8.
Electronic
Message Board
Signs
Michelle
Pingel,
Players
Theatre
11 / 08
Article VII
Division 1
Signs
Allow for theaters to have the option
of continuous scrolling, rolling,
flashing, and displaying images and
messages on LCD signs / marquees.
9.
Pawn Shops
Julio
Calcorzi
12 / 08
Limit the number of pawn shops in a
given area.
10.
Hotel &
Fractional
Ownership
Density
Richard
Clapp
12 / 08
11.
Fence and Wall
Height
Richard
Clapp
12 / 08
Article VII
Division 6
Add. Use
Standards
Article VI
Division
102 (t)
Measurements
Article VII
Division 11
Fences
12.
Impervious
surface coverage
in RSF districts
Richard
Clapp
12 / 08
Article VI
Division 2
Single
Family
Districts
Reason for Change
1. Fairness & equality among theatres
in comparison to the Van Wezel.
2. After investing in such signs, ability
to use all of its functions and
features.
3. This technology enables theatres to
advertise without having to climb a
ladder to change the sign.
Too many pawn shops in a given area
hurts the existing pawn shops.
Low
Clarify fractional ownership and hotel
room density.
The current regulations are not clear.
High
On local streets, lower the maximum
height of fences and walls in the front
yard from 6.5 ft. to 4 ft. Allow
additional height from 4 ft. to 6.5 ft.
if the fence or wall is semitransparent (eg. lattice fencing)
During the Comp Plan discussions the
City agreed to reduce the allowed
impervious coverage on the barrier
islands as a means to move toward
less storm water run-off. The City
also indicated that it would look at
potential information that would allow
it to make a "scientific" or logical
basis for the max impervious area
allowed. Consider further reduction
in the RSF zone districts on a citywide basis.
The lower height makes for a friendlier
street frontage and neighborhoods.
Low
Improve the environment.
High
Low
ZTA
Committee
Priority
(high, med,
City
low)
Commission
Authorization
(date)
#
Level of
Difficulty
(high, med,
low)
Item
Issue
13.
Code reference
14.
Applicant
Date
Posted
Zoning
Code
Section
Robert
Fournier
1 / 09
Article VI
203 (c) (4)
303 (c) (4)
403 (d) (4)
Article IV
202(b)(2)d
COA notice
Staff
1 / 09
15.
Awnings
Staff
3 / 09
Table VI1004
16.
Buffers
Staff
3 / 09
Appendix D
Design
Guidelines
17.
Site Plans
Planning
Board
3 / 09
Article IV
Division 5
General Description
These sections should reference V108 in place of V-109. Verify and
consider more general reference to
Article V only.
Public hearing notice for Certificates
of Appropriateness found in IV-808
(a) (5) states the requirements found
in IV-202 (b) (2) d do not apply.
Revise, clarify or delete IV 202 (2) d.
Clarifies that awnings at the first
story shall not overlap the sidewalk
by more than 8 ft.
Add language to “objectively”
describe the type of separation and
setback (buffer) needed for
residential and non-residential uses
Raise thresholds for administrative
site plans.
Reason for Change
Errata Amendment
Low
Errata Amendment
Low
Errata Amendment
Low
Provide more “objective” standard for
measuring the meaning of
compatibility and like-faces-like for
applicants, the public and decision
makers
Consider expense to developer /
applicant for “small” additions to
existing buildings.
Low
Medium
ZTA
Committee
Priority
(high, med,
City
low)
Commission
Authorization
(date)
#
Level of
Difficulty
(high, med,
low)
Item