Project Documents

 

UZO Public Release: Draft 1 (UPDATED)

Click here to download Draft 1 of the UZO and to view the proposed zoning maps. Some sections are still being finalized and as they are finished we will be posting them on this site.

We want to hear your comments and questions!

 

City of Savannah Public Information Officer, Bret Bell,
is joined by MPC Executive Director Tom Thomson
for a discussion of the Unified Zoning Ordinance
on the latest edition of “Talk Savannah.”
Watch it online
anytime.

Helpful Documents

 

Use and Definition Comparison Chart: This chart provides a side-by-side comparison of the existing and proposed use names and definitions.

Summary of Overlay Districts in the UZO: This chart lists all of the overlay districts proposed in the UZO letting the reader know whether each district is new or existing and the existing and/or proposed purpose of the overlay district.

The Unified Zoning Ordinance: What Will it Do?: This brochure gives a summary of what the UZO can do for our community.

Citizen's Guide to Understanding the UZO (updated Nov. 21, 2011): This brochure gives the reader a brief summary of zoning and the UZO process.

Presentations & Minutes from Drafting Phase meetings and Public Release Phase Meetings

Zoning Assessment Report: This document provides an explanation of the challenges and difficulties of using the existing Zoning Ordinances, as well as a general idea of the approach to zoning to betaken in the Unified Zoning Ordinance.