ORDINANCE NO. BL2013-377

An ordinance approving Amendment No. 9 to the Capitol Mall Redevelopment Project Plan, Amendment No. 6 to the Rutledge Hill Redevelopment Plan, Amendment No. 4 to the Phillips-Jackson Street Redevelopment Plan, and Amendment No. 4 to the Arts Center Redevelopment Plan, to revise the sections of those Redevelopment Plans regulating signs.

WHEREAS, Ordinance BL2013-376 sets out amendments to Sections 17.37 (Downtown Code) of the Metropolitan Zoning Code by adding regulations for signage (Proposal No.2013Z-003TX-001); and

WHEREAS, significant portions of the area covered by the Downtown Code are included in one or more approved Redevelopment Districts; and

WHEREAS, the Capitol Mall Redevelopment Project Plan consisting of text, exhibits, and maps currently exists as approved by Ordinance No. O82-845, and subsequently amended by the adoption of Ordinance Nos. O87-1695, O91-1567, O93-774, O97-755, O98-1187, BL2002-1033, BL2004-424 and BL2009-436; and,

WHEREAS, the Rutledge Hill Redevelopment Plan consisting of text, exhibits, and maps currently exists as approved by Ordinance No. 86-1131, and subsequently amended by the adoption of Ordinance Nos. O87-1695, O91-1520, O97-755, O97-754 and BL2005-875; and,

WHEREAS, the Phillips-Jackson Street Redevelopment Plan consisting of text, exhibits, and maps currently exists as approved by Ordinance No. O93-773, and subsequently amended by the adoption of Ordinance Nos. O99-1762, BL2001-861, and BL2005-798; and,

WHEREAS, the Arts Center Redevelopment Plan consisting of text, exhibits, and maps currently exists as previously approved by Ordinance No. O98-1188, and subsequently amended by the adoption of Ordinance Nos. O99-1761, BL2002-1063, and BL2009-436; and,

WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the consistency with the sign regulations found in Ordinance BL2013-376, the sign regulations contained in Capitol Mall Redevelopment Project Plan, Rutledge Hill Redevelopment Plan, Phillips-Jackson Street Redevelopment Plan, and Arts Center Redevelopment Plan must be amended.

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

Section 1. That Section C.2.c. (6). of the Capitol Mall Redevelopment Project Plan is hereby amended by deleting the language in that subsection in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The sign regulations found in Metropolitan Zoning Code, Section 17.37, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern the use of signs of all parcels subject to the Downtown Code and located in the Redevelopment District. For parcels not subject to the Downtown Code, the signage guidelines adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency shall control all signage on the parcel.

Section 2. That Section C.7. of the Rutledge Hill Redevelopment Plan is hereby amended by deleting the language in that subsection in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The sign regulations found in Metropolitan Zoning Code, Section 17.37, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern the use of signs of all parcels subject to the Downtown Code and located in the Redevelopment District. For parcels not subject to the Downtown Code, the signage guidelines adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency shall control all signage on the parcel.

Section 3. That Section C.2.b.(7). of the Phillips-Jackson Street Redevelopment Plan is hereby amended by deleting the language in that subsection in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The sign regulations found in Metropolitan Zoning Code, Section 17.37, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern the use of signs of all parcels subject to the Downtown Code and located in the Redevelopment District. For parcels not subject to the Downtown Code, the signage guidelines adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency shall control all signage on the parcel.

Section 4. That Section C.2.b.(6). of the Arts Center Redevelopment Plan is hereby amended by deleting the language in that subsection in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The sign regulations found in Metropolitan Zoning Code, Section 17.37, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern the use of signs of all parcels subject to the Downtown Code and located in the Redevelopment District. For parcels not subject to the Downtown Code, the signage guidelines adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency shall control all signage on the parcel.

Section 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Erica Gilmore

Amendment No. 1
To
Ordinance No. BL2013-377

Madam President:

I move to amend Ordinance No. BL2013-377, by adding the following at the end of the amendatory language of (i) Section C.2.c. (6). of the Capitol Mall Redevelopment Project Plan in Section 1, (ii) Section C.7. of the Rutledge Hill Redevelopment Plan in Section 2, (iii) Section C.2.b.(7). of the Phillips-Jackson Street Redevelopment Plan in Section 3, (iv) Section C.2.b.(6). of the Arts Center Redevelopment Plan in Section 4:
Provided however, the foregoing or any other provision of the redevelopment plan to the contrary notwithstanding, billboards shall not be permitted within the boundaries of the redevelopment district.

Sponsored by: Erica Gilmore

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	February 5, 2013
Passed First Reading:	February 5, 2013
Referred to:	Planning Commission Planning & Zoning Committee
Amended:	March 5, 2013
Passed Second Reading:	March 5, 2013
Passed Third Reading:	March 19, 2013
Approved:	March 25, 2013
By:
Effective: