1. City Council
May 14, 2013

2. History/Background
• October 2010 – brief discussion by Council of boards
& commissions;
• January 2011 – item postponed;
• February 2011 – item postponed;
• March 1, 2011 – Council discussed consolidation of
boards & commissions;
• March 22, 2011 – Council continued discussion, & City
Manager/Staff proposed two areas with opportunity for
consolidation – one being the River Corridor & Historic
Preservation Commissions.

3. History/Background (cont.)
• Consolidation would provide following benefits:
• Reducing the total number of boards & commissions;
• Reducing the need for meeting cancellations due to
lack of agenda items or quorums;
• Increase efficiencies for support staff;
• Minimize number of approval steps required for certain
types of requests;

4. History/Background (cont.)
• April 2011 – concept presented to RCC; consensus of
members was to support consolidation of the two.
• April 2011 – concept presented to HPC; members
voted 4-0 to leave HPC freestanding.
• September 2011 – Council gave staff direction to
move forward with consolidation.
• October 2011 – Staff updated RCC;
• November 2011 – Staff updated HPC;

5. Before After (Proposed)
RCC - Two members shall be recognized practicing
professionals in the field of architecture, design,
landscape architecture, or a related profession.
At least two (2) members shall be licensed or
otherwise recognized as professional in
architecture, landscape
architecture, design, engineering,
surveying, or related profession.
HPC - At least one shall be an architect, planner or
representative of a design profession.
At least one (1) member shall be recognized as a
historian or a member of a local historic preservation
group.
HPC - At least one shall be a historian. At least one (1) member shall be an owner of real
property within the River Corridor.
HPC - At least one shall be a licensed real estate
broker, or an officer from a lending institution.
At least two (2) members shall be members of the
Board of Directors of Downtown San Angelo, Inc.
HPC - At least one shall be an attorney. At least one (1) member shall own real property
designated or recognized as a community landmark,
or within a designated historic district;
HPC - At least one shall be an owner of a landmark
or of a property in a historic district.
HPC - At least one shall be a member of Historic
San Angelo, Inc.
TOTAL : 7 TOTAL : 7

7. Before (RCC/HPC) After (DHRC)
RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for
Special Use within the River Corridor.
DHRC - Hears requests for signage that aren’t
eligible for administrative approval within the River
Corridor.
RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for
Conditional Use within the River Corridor.
DHRC - Hears requests for construction that aren’t
eligible for administrative approval within the River
Corridor.
RCC – In addition to the PC, hears every request for
Zone Change or PD within the River Corridor.
DHRC - Hears requests for Certificates of
Appropriateness that allow modifications to
designated historic buildings.
RCC – Hears requests for signage that aren’t
eligible for admin approval within the River Corridor.
DHRC - Hears requests for designation (Historic
Overlay) of buildings.
RCC – Hears requests for construction that aren’t
eligible for admin approval within the River Corridor.
RCC – Hears requests for subdivision.
HPC – Hears requests for CAs that allow
modifications to designated historic buildings.
HPC – Hears requests for designation (Historic
Overlay) of buildings.

8. Downtown San Angelo Request
• Two of the items just reviewed were proposed by
Downtown San Angelo – these are:
• Requiring that 2 of the 7 members of the Design &
Historic Review Commission be members of the
Downtown San Angelo Board of Directors;
• Expanding the designated River Corridor to include the
Central Business District north of the Concho River.

11. August 21, 2012 Council Minutes

12. Ordinance Changes - #1
• Article 2.3000, originally the establishing ordinance for
the Historic Preservation Commission, was removed;

13. Ordinance Changes - #2
• Article 2.28, originally the establishing ordinance for
the River Corridor Commission, was repurposed as
the establishing ordinance for the new Design &
Historic Review Commission, combining the duties
already outlined in the original ordinance, and outlining
the required qualifications for members;

14. Ordinance Changes - #3
• Chapter 12, Article 2, Section 215, Subparagraph E,
originally outlining the powers of the Historic
Preservation Commission, was repurposed to outlining
the powers of the Design & Historic Review
Commission;
• Combines the duties that the Historic Preservation
Commission and the River Corridor Commission had
already been delegated in the Zoning Ordinance; and
• Removes the duty of making recommendation on all
zoning cases.

15. Ordinance Changes - #4
• Chapter 12, Article 2, Section 215, Subparagraph F,
originally outlining the powers of the River Corridor
Commission, was removed;

16. Ordinance Changes - #5
• Article 12.7, originally the ordinance establishing the
River Corridor area, and was modified to correct
changes in titles (i.e., "Building Inspector" to "Building
Official", "Planning Director" to "Planning Manager"),
grammar, and spelling errors in 12.702;
• It also changes & expands the area designated as the
River Corridor, as requested by Downtown San Angelo

17. Ordinance Changes - #6 & 7
• Article 12.7, originally the ordinance establishing the
River Corridor area, and was modified by the removal
of 12.703 and 12.704 and moving 12.705 to 12.703;
• 12.703 outlined duties – already addressed in Article
2.28;
• 12.704 required zoning approvals to be heard by River
Corridor Commission – this was removed.

18. Ordinance Changes - #8
• Article 12.8, originally the ordinance establishing the
Historic Preservation Tax Abatement, and was
modified to better clarify the procedures, to correct
references to other sections of ordinance changing
under this proposal, to reorganize, to clarify, to
reformat, and to correct changes in titles;

19. Ordinance Changes - #9
• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 2, Section 202, the table
summarizing review procedures for the River Corridor
and Historic Preservation Commissions in the Zoning
Ordinance, was amended to eliminate these and add
the Design & Historic Review Commission as a
column;
• Historic Overlay Zone Designations & Certificates of
Appropriateness will be heard by the DHRC, with
Council as the final approval for designation and as the
level of appeal for CAs.

20. Ordinance Changes - #10
• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 2, Section 211, was
amended to replace references of the Historic
Preservation Commission with the Design & Historic
Review Commission, to reorganize passages for
clarity, to correct references to titles and to correct
grammatical and spelling errors;

21. Ordinance Changes - #11
• Chapter 12, Exhibit A, Article 3, Section 308, Subpart
F, pertaining to the procedures for demolition by
neglect, was amended to replace references of the
Historic Preservation Commission with the Design &
Historic Review Commission;

22. Ordinance Changes - #12
• Chapter 12, Exhibit C, Chapter 5, Section VII, a part of
the Subdivision Ordinance which requires all
applications for subdivision within the River Corridor to
obtain approval of the River Corridor Commission, was
removed.