An ordinance amending Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code, zoning regulations, by amending the Bedford Avenue Urban Design Overlay (UDO) district to modify variations to the conventional standards of the underlying zoning all of which is more particularly described herein (Proposal No. 2005UD-005U-10).

WHERAS Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws allows certain standards that apply to zoning districts to be varied from by design guidelines adopted simultaneously with the application of an urban design overlay district; and

WHEREAS the Bedford Avenue Urban Design Overlay District was applied by BL2003-1380 and amended by BL2005-700 to properties along Bedford Avenue and a portion of Crestmoor Road; and

WHEREAS, to ensure that the intended design objectives for building form, massing, and character within the Bedford Avenue Urban Design Overlay district are met;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That the codification of Title 17 of the Code of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Zoning Regulations, be and is hereby amended as specifically described herein; as follows:

1. By amending the Bedford Avenue Urban Design Overlay,

…by deleting the following:

"1. Restaurant size: Restaurant, Fast-Food Restaurant, Full-Service Restaurant, Take-Out Restaurant. Establishments shall be limited to five thousand two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area per establishment. No zoning permit shall be issued for an establishment to be used as a restaurant unless it meets this and all other applicable standards."

…by replacing the above with the following:

"1. Commercial establishment size: Commercial establishments shall be limited to five thousand two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area per establishment in Subdistrict 2. Commercial establishments that are permitted as accessory to principal uses on the same property within Subdistricts 1 and 3 shall occupy no more than five hundred square feet of gross floor area within the principal building. No zoning permit shall be issued for an establishment to be used for commercial use unless it meets this and all other applicable standards."

Section 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect five (5) days from and after its passage and such change be published in a newspaper of general circulation, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Jim Shulman

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	October 4, 2005
Passed First Reading:	October 4, 2005
Referred to:	Planning Commission - Approved 9-0 (October 27, 2005) Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading:	November 1, 2005
Passed Third Reading:	November 15, 2005
Approved:	November 17, 2005
By:
Effective:	November 18, 2005