[Added 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 237-2008]
B.
Introduction.
(1)
A floating overlay zone is an unmapped district
that, at the discretion of the City Council, may be superimposed on
one or more established underlying zoning districts which may be used
to impose supplemental restrictions on uses in these districts, permit
uses otherwise disallowed, or implement some form of density bonus
or incentive bonus program. The floating overlay zone can be affixed
to a qualifying parcel of land, either upon the application of the
parcel's owner or upon the initiative of the local City Council. Upon
approval, the floating overlay zone is applied to the parcel and becomes
a mapped overlay district. Its development is governed by the use
of the underlying zoning district and the dimensional and other provisions
of the Floating Overlay Zone Ordinance.
(2)
Floating overlay zones are distinct from overlay
zones because of several features, the most significant of which is
that overlay zones are mapped, and floating overlay zones are not
mapped until legally placed. Floating overlay zones are also distinct
from floating zones; the substantive difference is that a floating
zone replaces an underlying zoning district, while a floating overlay
zone works in tandem with existing underlying zoning districts.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 331-154, Downtown Density
Bonus (DDB) Floating Overlay Zone, as amended, was repealed 12-8-2015
by Ord. No. 233-2015.
