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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-OR-08Ordinance 2009-OR- An Ordinance Creating a Special River Front Business Overlay District And creating specific Requirements for parking within the River Front Business Overlay District WHEREAS, the Jeffersonville City Council has the statutory authority to enact ordinances to promote general health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Jeffersonville; and WHEREAS, the Jeffersonville City Council continually supports economic development efforts throughout the City and further enhance revenues in various Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts; and WHEREAS, the Jeffersonville City Council continually supports efforts to revitalize and further encourage economic development in the downtown and riverfront areas; and WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville currently supports the business investment and reinvestment in the river front restaurant area bounded by and between the Clark Memorial (Second St) Bridge, The Kennedy (I-65) Bridge, the Ohio River and Court Ave; and WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville has adopted Zoning Ordinances which describe standards within certain Zoning Classifications and Overlay Districts; and WHEREAS, the Jeffersonville City Council does not have an ordinance that effectively regulates parking requirements pertaining solely in the area of the Jeffersonville river front now occupied by a myriad of business including, but not limited to, hotels, restaurants, commercial businesses and residential structures; and WHEREAS, in an effort to ascertain the needs of the River Front Business District and to determine the most prudent requirements for parking that would best serve the River Front Business District, the City secured a parking study, and WHEREFORE, the Jeffersonville City Council, based upon empirical evidence provided, believes it is in the best interest of the citizens, businesses and residences to create a River Front Business Overlay District and thus creating specific Requirements for parking within the River Front Business Overlay District as follows: -1- 1. The Jeffersonville City Council adopts the findings of the Walker Parking Study, 2. The Jeffersonville City Council, based upon the Walker Parking Study, determines that there is no need for an additional supply of parking in the River Front Business District; 3. The Jeffersonville City Council, therefore, based upon the Walker Parking Study, finds that there is an adequate parking supply in the District to accommodate all existing occupied or unoccupied commercial or residential buildings located therein. 4. Upon the recommendation of the Jeffersonville Redevelopment Commission, and in reliance upon the Walker Parking Study, the Jeffersonville City Council directs the Jeffersonville Planning Commission to Exempt the River Front Business Overlay District from the pending revisions to the Jeffersonville Zoning Ordinances as it relates to parking requirements. Severability Clause: Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. -2- Voted Against: ~~ p-~-3 Passed this day of , 2009. ayor Thomas Ga i Attest: a Peg ilder, Clerk-Treasurer Presented by me, Peggy Wilder, as the Clerk and Treasurer to the Mayor of said City of Jeffersonville, Indiana on this '~ %~ day of 1, 2009. Peg ilder, Clerk-Treasurer This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Voted Against: Passed this ~ day of ~~~`P L , 2009. `~ Mal"yor Thomas G~IICga I -3-