The Urban Forestry Commission will be holding a special meeting to provide input on the City of Cleveland’s new zoning code to ensure that the Code reflects and exemplifies the City’s Urban Forestry goals. The special meeting will be held virtually from 1:00-2:30pm ET on Thursday, January 25^th over Microsoft Teams. 

In response to the varying contradictions of our current zoning code, the Cleveland City Planning Commission has endeavored to realign its zoning regulations with this new vision. The goal is an entirely new zoning code that embodies Health, Sustainability and Equity – this new approach to zoning is called Form-Based Code. The Cleveland Form-Based Code will be piloted in a few geographies to start – the City Planning Commission has identified sections of Detroit Shoreway/Cudell, Hough and the Opportunity Corridor as the first areas for implementation of this tool. If the pilot is successful, the new code will be expanded to cover more parts of the City as new neighborhood plans are adopted. 

The Cleveland City Planning Commission is looking to implement the new Form-Based Code early in 2024 as it has been under creation and review for a long time, which is the reason for holding a special meeting to incorporate UFC recommendations.

View: Draft - Cleveland Form-Based Code

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