Design Review Districts shall be established in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Designation Criteria. A geographic area designated as a Design Review District shall be at least three (3) acres in size and shall be characterized by development or development opportunity for which improved design can be expected to significantly contribute to achieving one (1) or more of the objectives of this chapter. The district may be composed of one (1) or more noncontiguous geographic areas, each of which must be at least three (3) acres in size.
(b) Designation Process. Design Review Districts shall be designated and amended in accordance with the procedures for amending the Zoning Map as set forth in Chapter 333 of the Zoning Code.
(c) Mapping and Applicability. Design Review Districts shall be shown on the Zoning Map of the City of Cleveland as “overlay districts” to be applied in conjunction with the “underlying” zoning district. Provisions of the underlying district shall remain in effect except where inconsistent with the provisions of the Design Review District.
(d) District Name. The City Planning Commission shall assign each Design Review District a name reflective of the neighborhood or other geographic area in which the District is located.
(e) Previously Designated Districts. All Public Land Protective Districts, Business Revitalization Districts, and the University Circle Design District, to the extent that such districts existed on the effective date of this ordinance, shall become Design Review Districts subject to the regulations of this chapter on the effective date of this ordinance. Those districts shall be shown on the City’s Zoning Map as “Design Review Districts” on the effective date of this ordinance.
(Ord. No. 1827-08. Passed 2-9-09, eff. 2-11-09)