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Committee learns about proposed form-based code pilots

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday!
👋🏾I’m Regina & I'II be live-tweeting today’s Cleveland City Council Zoning, Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee Meeting at 8:30am at Cleveland City Hall for @CLEdocumenters & @signalcleveland ! #CLEdocumenters

07:26 AM May 21, 2024 CDT

Regina @GinaWalksDogs 2/15
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Regina @GinaWalksDogs 3/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland Today’s meeting has only one, very important, zoning item to be reviewed.
Meeting was called to order at 8:35am 👍🏾
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 4/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil Today’s meeting was adjourned at 11:05am.
✅Ordinance 347–2024 was approved as amended.
⚫️ An ordinance enacting new Title VIIA, Cleveland Neighborhood Form-Based Code, to amend Section 327.01 of Ordinance No. 546-93 passed on 6/14/93 to reference the new Title VIIA.
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 5/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil Follow this link to view the presentation that was presented today in full by Shannan Leonard, Chief City Planner 👇🏾
cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 6/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil 🔊
“How we manage our land & how we regulate our land dictates where resources and opportunities can go.”
“You can have a lot of plans, but if you don’t have the proper zoning codes or the proper regulations in place, it sometimes becomes very hard to implement those plans.” 📑
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 7/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil A form-based code is a way to translate the ideals of a plan into regulatory language to create the physical “place" envisioned by the community. 🏘️🏢🏛️
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 8/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil Cleveland Form-Based Code will be piloted in a few geographies to start: sections of Detroit Shoreway/Cudell, Hough & the Opportunity Corridor are the 1st areas for implementation of this tool. If the pilot is successful, the new code will be expanded to more parts of the City
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 9/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil In watching this meeting & reviewing the 140 page presentation, I unsuccessfully attempted to fully understand the new Form Based Code (FBC).
This webpage has a great summary:
planning.clevelandohio.gov/fbc/
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 10/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil Key Questions from Council & Community…
#15MinuteCity
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 11/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil There were 3 public comments heard at this meeting with concerns including urban agriculture, housing affordability, parking, and possible new buildings being close to homes. All of their concerns were addressed and questions were welcomed by Committee chair, @HairstonCCC10 📑
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 12/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @HairstonCCC10 “What we’ve found with our current zoning code that’s been written over 96 years, there is a great deal of maybes.”
“The complexity of the presentation shows the time and attention to detail that was put into it…”
-Thomas Vanover, Cleveland's Chief Building Official
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 13/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @HairstonCCC10 There were comments from several council members including the topics of pilot timelines, redlining, single family zones and the population decline that some areas of Cleveland has been experiencing. #SoundOn 🔊
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 14/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @HairstonCCC10 @KerryMcCormack1 @stephaniehowse @jennyspencercle Take a listen to hear @jennyspencercle read the amendment to Ordinance 347-2024 approving Cleveland Form-Based Code.
Regina @GinaWalksDogs 15/15
@YouTube @TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @HairstonCCC10 @KerryMcCormack1 @stephaniehowse @jennyspencercle @CityofCleveland Have questions?
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-Regina
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