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AN ORDINANCE ADDING NEW SECTIONS 18.08.622 AND 18.08.636 TO
THE DEFINITIONS CHAPTER (18.08) OF THE ASHLAND LAND USE
ORDINANCE AND AMENDING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN
STANDARDS AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE SITE
DESIGN AND USE STANDARDS FOR GREATER CLARITY AND
CONSISTENCY WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S
STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION.
Annotated to show deletiens and additions to the code sections being modified. Deletions are
bold and additions are in bold underline.
WHEREAS, Article 2. Section 1 of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession.
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland Comprehensive Plan includes policy 1.31.7 which states that,
"The City shall develop and implement through law design guidelines for new development as
well as for alteration of existing structures within the historic interest areas for structures and
areas that are historically significant."
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland adopted the Historic District Development standards as
additional approval standards for Site Design Review in 1985.
WHEREAS,the City of Ashland created the "Ashland Preservation Plan 2009-2018"which sets
forth a number of goals and implementation measures to further historic preservation planning in
Ashland including a goal to revise the existing standards, noting that in some cases they conflict
with or contradict the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation or with the
Downtown Ashland development standards;
WHEREAS,the City of Ashland received a Certified Local Government Granf for the purpose
of evaluating, revising and expanding Ashland's Historic District Design Standards in order to
bring these standards more into line with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation, the national standards for historic preservation, while also providing for greater
internal consistency within the City of Ashland's Site Design and Use Standards;
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland Historic Commission considered appropriate amendments to
the Ashland Municipal Code, Land Use Ordinances and Site Design and Use Standards at a duly
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advertised public hearing on March 7, 2012, and following deliberations recommended approval
of the amendments;
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland Planning Commission considered appropriate amendments to
the Ashland Municipal Code, Land Use Ordinances and Site Design and Use Standards at a duly
advertised public hearing on March 13, 2012, and following deliberations recommended
approval of the amendments;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland conducted a duly advertised public hearing
on the amendments to the Ashland Municipal Code, Land Use Ordinances and Site Design and
Use Standards on April 3, 2012;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland, following the close of the public hearing
and record, deliberated and conducted first and second readings approving adoption of the
Ordinance in accordance with Article 10 of the Ashland City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ashland has determined that in order to protect and
benefit the health, safety and welfare of existing and future residents of the City, it is necessary
to amend the Ashland Municipal Code and Land Use Ordinance in manner proposed, that an
adequate factual base exists for the amendments, the amendments are consistent with the
comprehensive plan and that such amendments are fully supported by the record of this
proceeding.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitations are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this
reference.
SECTION 2. The following new sections are hereby added to AMC Chapter 18.08
[Definitions]:
SECTION 18.08.622 Rehabilitation
The act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property through
repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which
convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values.
SECTION 18.08.636 Restoration
The act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a
Property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of
features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features
from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical,
electrical,and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties
functional is appropriate within a restoration project.
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SECTION 3. The Site Design and Use Standards [Section IV Historic District Development] is
hereby amended as detailed in the attached Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The Site Design and Use Standards [Section VI Downtown Ashland] is hereby
amended as detailed in the attached Exhibit B.
SECTION 5. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this ordinance
are severable. The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses.
SECTION 6. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance"may be changed to "code", "article", "section", or another word, and
the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, provided however that any
Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions, and text descriptions of amendments (i.e. Sections 1,
3-4)need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and
any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the— 3 rd day of April , 2012,
and y PASSED and ADOPTED this 151 day of May 2012.
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Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this day of_J![ 'L 2012.
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JW Stromberg, Mayor
Reviewed as to form:
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David Lohman, City Attorney
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