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Planning Commission to participate in UZO workshop
August 3, 2010 - The Planning Commission will be participating in an informational workshop on the proposed Chatham County-Savannah Unified Zoning Ordinance (UZO) on August 5 from 9am to 4pm and again on August 6 from 9am to 1pm. The public is invited to attend.
The purpose of the workshop is for staff to provide a summary of each component of the proposed Ordinance.
Once the UZO draft is completed and released to the public later this year, workshops with the general public will be scheduled. MPC staff encourages the public to check www.unifiedzoning.org often for updated and new information on this process.
The UZO will consolidate into one document the two existing zoning ordinances for the City of Savannah and unincorporated Chatham County. Both zoning ordinances are nearly a half-century old and contain approximately 700 pages of regulations and 126 zoning districts. Unification will allow for greater regulatory consistency and efficiency.
Contact:
Charlotte Moore, Director of Special Projects
Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission
110 E. State Street
Savannah, GA 31401
912-651-1466
moorec@thempc.org
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April 2009
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 will hold five community meetings in April and May (see the below box for dates and locations). Learn 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 will also briefly speak about the Unified Zoning Ordinance, an ambitious project that will update and unify the zoning ordinances for the City of Savannah and Chatham County.
Community Meeting schedule
All meetings are from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
April 21 (Tuesday)
Crusader Community Center
8111 Coffee Bluff Villa Road
April 23 (Thursday)
Frank Murray Community Center
160 Whitemarsh Road
April 28 (Tuesday)
Hesse Elementary School
9116 Whitefield Avenue
April 30 (Thursday)
Southwest Middle School
6020 Ogeechee Road
May 5 (Tuesday)
Metropolitan Planning Commission
110 East State Street