Title
Hearing - Zoning Code Text Amendment
P22TA00003, TITLE 18 ZONING
An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of Pima County, Arizona, relating to Zoning (Title 18); amending the Pima County Code Chapter 18.63 (Historic Zone) Section 18.63.040 to modernize and refine the criteria for historic designation, historic district zones, and landmark zones; amending Section 18.63.050 (Establishment) to add reference to a Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission, to define submittal requirements for Historic District Zone Applications, and to change “Office to Sustainability and Conservation” to “Cultural Resources and Historic Preservation Office”; amending Section 18.63.060 (Historic District Zone Advisory Boards) to modify parameters for initiation and establishment, composition, and to add terms; amending Section 18.63.070 (Development Zones) to fix grammatical error; amending Section 18.63.080 (New Construction or Alterations) to replace “Design Review Committee” with “Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission” for all Design Plan Review Procedures pertaining to Historic Zone or Historic Landmark Zone requests; amending Section 18.63.090 (Demolition of Historic Structures) to add the Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission to the review process and to update demolition procedures to require proof of economic or physical unfeasibility for approval; amending Section 18.63.100 (Specific Regulations - San Xavier Environs Historic Zone (H-1)) to define staff and add consultation with the Tohono O’odham Nation; repealing Chapter 18.63.110 (Specific Regulations - Fort Lowell Historic District Zone (H-1)); amending Section 18.63.120 to remove map of “Fort Lowell Historic District Zone (H-2)”; renumbering Section 18.63.120 (Maps) to become Section 18.63.110; amending Chapter 18.73 (Landscape, Buffering, and Screening Standards) Section 18.73.050 (Amenity Landscaping Requirements) to clarify the role of the Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission; amending Chapter 18.79 (Sign Standards), Section 18.79.010 (Purpose) to add promoting preservation of landmark signs to the purpose; amending 18.79.060 (Nonconforming Signs) to modify the definition of Landmark Sign; amending Chapter 18.95 (Compliance and Enforcement) Section 18.95.030 (Enforcement) to allow referral of historic zone mitigation issues to the Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission or the Design Review Committee, to clarify the roles of the Design Review Subcommittee or Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission on a review of an appeal; amending Chapter 18.99 (Review Committees) Section 18.99.030 (Design Review Subcommittee) to remove references made to Section 18.63.010, to replace “Supervisors” with “Board of Supervisors”, and to remove references to “Historic Zone”; amending Chapter 18.101 (Administrators), Section 18.101.020 (Board of Supervisors) to replace “Supervisors” with “Board of Supervisors”, to add “Historical Commission” to appointments, and to differentiate “Planning and Zoning Commission” from “Historical Commission”; amending Section 18.101.030 (Planning and Zoning Commission) to add Historical Commission recommendation to Historic District Zone designation process and to remove reference to Section 18.63.090; creating Section 18.101.070 (Historical Commission) to establish parameters and responsibilities for the Historical Commission and the Plans Review Subcommittee of the Historical Commission. On motion, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 10-0 to recommend APPROVAL. Staff recommends APPROVAL. (All Districts)
If approved, pass and adopt: ORDINANCE NO. 2025 - 4