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2011 Community-Neighborhood Meetings

MPC staff hosted two meetings with the leadership of neighborhood and homeowner's associations on June 11 from 9-11 am and June 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm. The purpose of the meeting was to:

1) introduce officers to the Unified Zoning Ordinance;

2) highlight residential issues and how they are proposed to be addressed;

3) discuss the public release process;

4) discuss the what happens after the public release process; and,

5) answer any questions.

2010 Community-Neighborhood Meetings

In preparation for the release of the first public draft of the Unified Zoning Ordinance (UZO), MPC staff held community meetings to help the public better understand zoning. Staff also received feedback from the community on zoning-related issues they felt needed to be addressed in the UZO. Listed below are the meetings that were held.

April 6, 2010: Thompson Community Center; Cuyler-Brownville; 6:30 pm

April 19, 2010: Beautiful Zion Church; 1028 Milton Street; 7:00 pm

May 4, 2010: Johnson High School; 3012 Sunset Boulevard; 6:00 pm

May 6, 2010: Coastal Academy; 2001 Cynthia Street; 6:00 pm

May 13, 2010: Moses Jackson Center; Richards and West Streets; 6:00 pm

May 18, 2010: Armstrong Atlantic State University; 11935 Abercorn Street; 6:00 pm
University Hall (Building UH-157) at the intersection of Library Drive and Science Drive

May 20, 2010: Southwest Middle School; 6020 Ogeechee Road; 6:00 pm

May 25, 2010: Frank Murray Community Center; 160 Whitemarsh Island Road; 6:00 pm

May 27, 2010: Crusader Community Center; 8111 Coffee Bluff Villa Road; 6:00 pm

June 1, 2010: Georgia Tech Campus; 210 Technology Circle (PARB 126); 6:00 pm

June 3, 2010: MPC office (Jerry Surrency Conference Room); 112 E. State Street; 6:00 pm

June 8, 2010: St. Peters Baptist Church; Feiler Park; 401 W. 56th Street; 6:00 - 7:30 pm

June 8, 2010: Jewish Education Alliance; 5111 Abercorn Street; 6:00 pm

2009 Community Meetings

Few local ordinances have a greater impact on our everyday lives than the zoning ordinance, but many of us are unfamiliar with zoning. Quite simply, zoning regulates how our community can be developed; in turn, this determines where we live, work, shop and recreate. 

To help the public better understand zoning, staff of the Metropolitan Planning Commission held five community meetings in April and May.  Attendees learned about the purpose of zoning, its relationship to other development ordinances, the various zoning-related reviews, and the commissions and boards who are responsible for those reviews. 

Staff also briefly spoke about the Unified Zoning Ordinance, an ambitious project that will update and unify the zoning ordinances for the City of Savannah and Chatham County. Click here to view the presentation given at these meetings.

Community Meeting locations

April 21, 2009: Crusader Community Center; 8111 Coffee Bluff Villa Road

April 23, 2009: Frank Murray Community Center; 160 Whitemarsh Road

April 28, 2009: Hesse Elementary School; 9116 Whitefield Avenue

April 30, 2009: Southwest Middle School;  6020 Ogeechee Road

May 5, 2009: Metropolitan Planning Commission; 110 East State Street

Planning Commission Meetings

MPC staff has presented UZO information to the Planning Commission many times during this process. Visit the Presentations & Minutes page to view information from those meetings.

Advisory Committee

The UZO Advisory Committee participated in 12 two hour meetings the summer of 2010 at the MPC office from to review the draft prepared by MPC staff and the Technical Committee. The committee also met two more times in the spring of 2011.Click here for the meeting agendas and the Comments-Responses tracking document.

Technical Committee

The UZO Technical Committee met two hours monthly from March 2007 to February 2010 to review draft sections of the ordinance and provide feedback to MPC staff. Please visit the Project Documents page for a link to the minutes from each of these meetings.