Conservation District Process

The Neighbors of Midway Hollow

A t r e a s u r e t o k e e p !

Where is Midway Hollow is in the Conservation District Process?

A petition drive has been launched to see if 75% or more of property owners in Midway Hollow want to explore developing a conservation district for our neighborhood.

Phase One of the petition drive has been limited to the northeast corner of Midway Hollow. Phase One is: northern boundary -Walnut Hill, eastern boundary - Midway, southern boundary- 4000 and 4100 block of Dunhaven and 4100 block of Lively and the western boundary - Lenel.

The entire process is described below:

Conservation District Process

1. Informative Property Owner Meeting

-Initiated by Property Owners

-Staff reviews and explains three options for neighborhood

stabilization; Historic Districts, Conservation Districts and

Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay

2. If Property Owners decide to pursue Conservation District:

-Application and signatures must be submitted with 75% of

Property Owners in support

-Boundaries may be determined by the original subdivision

boundaries, geographical boundaries or by streets; ideally

to include around 200 properties.

3. Feasibility Study conducted by Staff and presented to City Plan

Commission for Initiation.

4. Property Owners Meeting #1: once initiated, staff holds meeting

-‘In-Depth’ review of Conservation District process and

guidelines

-Staff will field questions only.

-Announce formation of Study Committee and provide

applications.

5. Applications and/or resumes for the Study Committee

submitted to staff and forwarded to City Plan Commissioner for

appointment.

-Number of appointments based on either 10% of

properties or 12 persons total, whichever is greater

6. Study Committee #1: staff provides Study Committee with an

Orientation and Ordinance template at first meeting; staff

quizzes committee on what the neighborhood hopes to

conserve.

7. Staff collects existing field conditions data (setbacks, heights,

etc.) as necessary.

8. Study Committee Meeting #2: committee and staff review field

data, committee input and staff recommendations to develop

and refine a set of regulations.

9. Staff develops Draft Ordinance and presents to Study

Committee for review.

10. Study Committee Meeting #3: staff will refine the draft based on

committee input if necessary, prior to hosting a property owner

meeting

11. Property Owner Meeting #2

-Staff presents Draft Ordinance in detail.

-Comment period with 3 minutes per speaker; comments

recorded.

-If serious concern with a specific part of the ordinance

becomes evident, then information is submitted back to

Study Committee for review.

12. Taking comments from Property Owner Meeting #2 into

consideration, the Final Ordinance is completed and mailed to

Property Owners.

13. Zoning Case notification process begins. Property owners

vote by using City Plan Commision ("CPS") reply card.

14. City Plan Commission Meeting

15. City Council Notification; property owners vote again by using

Council reply card.

16. City Council Meeting

17. Announcement and Final Ordinance mailed to Property

Owners.