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ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT APPROVING A PETITION BY YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL, INC. FOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE UNDERLYING ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW CERTAIN SIGNAGE IN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 45.
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WHEREAS, on April 15, 1982, the Board of Alders approved a Planned Development District for the St. Raphael campus of Yale New Haven Hospital, Inc. ("YNHH") pursuant to Section 65 of the New Haven Zoning Ordinance ("Zoning Ordinance"), identified as PDD #45, which included 10.87 acres of land on the block bounded by Chapel Street, Orchard Street, George Street, and Sherman Avenue (Tax Map 317, Block 213), and parcels known as 305-319 Orchard Street (Tax Map 315, Block 1293, Parcels 5, 6, & 7);
WHEREAS, in 1983, the Board of Alders amended PDD #45 to include additional parcels to the north and south of the original district, at 1370-1386 Chapel Street and 301-303, 321-323 Orchard Street (Tax Map 315, Block 1293, Parcels 3, 4, 5, and 8-12), and expanded PDD #45 from 10.87 to 12.12 acres;
WHEREAS, on January 7, 2020, the Board of Alders amended PDD #45 to include additional parcels on Orchard Street and George Street and to amend the standards and uses in PDD #45;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 2A and 2E of the Charter of the City of New Haven ("City Charter") and Article VII, Section 64(d)(1) and Section 65 of the Zoning Ordinance;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 64 and 65 of the Zoning Ordinance, YNHH filed a petition/application to amend PDD #45 for the purpose of deviating from existing standards in the underlying Zoning Ordinance in order to allow certain signage necessary to the redevelopment of the St. Raphael Campus (the "Petition");
WHEREAS, YNHH submitted sufficient plans and other information in support of the Petition;
WHEREAS, the Petition was referred to the Board of Alders, which thereafter referred the Petition to the New Haven City Plan Commission for a hearing and report as required by S...
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