City CouncilMay 14, 2013

History/Background• October 2010 – brief discussion by Council of boards

& commissions;• January 2011 – item postponed;• February 2011 – item postponed;• March 1, 2011 – Council discussed consolidation of

boards & commissions;• March 22, 2011 – Council continued discussion, & City

Manager/Staff proposed two areas with opportunity for consolidation – one being the River Corridor & Historic Preservation Commissions.

History/Background (cont.)• Consolidation would provide following benefits:

• Reducing the total number of boards & commissions;• Reducing the need for meeting cancellations due to

lack of agenda items or quorums;• Increase efficiencies for support staff;• Minimize number of approval steps required for certain

types of requests;

History/Background (cont.)• April 2011 – concept presented to RCC; consensus of

members was to support consolidation of the two.• April 2011 – concept presented to HPC; members

voted 4-0 to leave HPC freestanding.• September 2011 – Council gave staff direction to move

forward with consolidation.• October 2011 – Staff updated RCC;• November 2011 – Staff updated HPC;

Before After (Proposed)

RCC - Two members shall be recognized practicing professionals in the field of architecture, design, landscape architecture, or a related profession.

At least two (2) members shall be licensed or otherwise recognized as professional in architecture, landscape architecture, design, engineering,surveying, or related profession.

HPC - At least one shall be an architect, planner or representative of a design profession.

At least one (1) member shall be recognized as a historian or a member of a local historic preservation group.

HPC - At least one shall be a historian. At least one (1) member shall be an owner of real property within the River Corridor.

HPC - At least one shall be a licensed real estate broker, or an officer from a lending institution.

At least two (2) members shall be members of the Board of Directors of Downtown San Angelo, Inc.

HPC - At least one shall be an attorney. At least one (1) member shall own real property designated or recognized as a community landmark, or within a designated historic district;

HPC - At least one shall be an owner of a landmark or of a property in a historic district.

HPC - At least one shall be a member of Historic San Angelo, Inc.

TOTAL : 7 TOTAL : 7

Before (RCC/HPC) After (DHRC)

RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for Special Use within the River Corridor.

DHRC - Hears requests for signage that aren’t eligible for administrative approval within the River Corridor.

RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for Conditional Use within the River Corridor.

DHRC - Hears requests for construction that aren’t eligible for administrative approval within the River Corridor.

RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for Zone Change or PD within the River Corridor.

DHRC - Hears requests for Certificates of Appropriateness that allow modifications to designated historic buildings.

RCC – Hears requests for signage that aren’t eligible for admin approval within the River Corridor.

DHRC - Hears requests for designation (Historic Overlay) of buildings.

RCC – Hears requests for construction that aren’t eligible for admin approval within the River Corridor.

RCC – Hears requests for subdivision.

HPC – Hears requests for CAs that allow modifications to designated historic buildings.

HPC – Hears requests for designation (Historic Overlay) of buildings.

Downtown San Angelo Request• Two of the items just reviewed were proposed by

Downtown San Angelo – these are:• Requiring that 2 of the 7 members of the Design &

Historic Review Commission be members of the Downtown San Angelo Board of Directors;

• Expanding the designated River Corridor to include the Central Business District north of the Concho River.

August 21, 2012 Council Minutes

Ordinance Changes - #1• Article 2.3000, originally the establishing ordinance for

the Historic Preservation Commission, was removed;

Ordinance Changes - #2• Article 2.28, originally the establishing ordinance for

the River Corridor Commission, was repurposed as the establishing ordinance for the new Design & Historic Review Commission, combining the duties already outlined in the original ordinance, and outlining the required qualifications for members;

Ordinance Changes - #3• Chapter 12, Article 2, Section 215, Subparagraph E,

originally outlining the powers of the Historic Preservation Commission, was repurposed to outlining the powers of the Design & Historic Review Commission;• Combines the duties that the Historic Preservation

Commission and the River Corridor Commission had already been delegated in the Zoning Ordinance; and

• Removes the duty of making recommendation on all zoning cases.

Ordinance Changes - #4• Chapter 12, Article 2, Section 215, Subparagraph F,

originally outlining the powers of the River Corridor Commission, was removed;

Ordinance Changes - #5• Article 12.7, originally the ordinance establishing the

River Corridor area, and was modified to correct changes in titles (i.e., "Building Inspector" to "Building Official", "Planning Director" to "Planning Manager"), grammar, and spelling errors in 12.702;• It also changes & expands the area designated as the

River Corridor, as requested by Downtown San Angelo

Ordinance Changes - #6 & 7• Article 12.7, originally the ordinance establishing the

River Corridor area, and was modified by the removal of 12.703 and 12.704 and moving 12.705 to 12.703;• 12.703 outlined duties – already addressed in Article

2.28;• 12.704 required zoning approvals to be heard by River

Corridor Commission – this was removed.

Ordinance Changes - #8• Article 12.8, originally the ordinance establishing the

Historic Preservation Tax Abatement, and was modified to better clarify the procedures, to correct references to other sections of ordinance changing under this proposal, to reorganize, to clarify, to reformat, and to correct changes in titles;

Ordinance Changes - #9• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 2, Section 202, the table

summarizing review procedures for the River Corridor and Historic Preservation Commissions in the Zoning Ordinance, was amended to eliminate these and add the Design & Historic Review Commission as a column;• Historic Overlay Zone Designations & Certificates of

Appropriateness will be heard by the DHRC, with Council as the final approval for designation and as the level of appeal for CAs.

Ordinance Changes - #10• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 2, Section 211, was

amended to replace references of the Historic Preservation Commission with the Design & Historic Review Commission, to reorganize passages for clarity, to correct references to titles and to correct grammatical and spelling errors;

Ordinance Changes - #11• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 3, Section 308, Subpart

F, pertaining to the procedures for demolition by neglect, was amended to replace references of the Historic Preservation Commission with the Design & Historic Review Commission;

Ordinance Changes - #12• Chapter 12, Exhibit C, Chapter 5, Section VII, a part of

the Subdivision Ordinance which requires all applications for subdivision within the River Corridor to obtain approval of the River Corridor Commission, was removed.