Thursday, September 27, 2012

Zoning Ordinances being considered, Saturday, September 29 at 10:00 am

Emeryville is nearing the end of the process of updating the zoning in town. After adopting a new General Plan in October of 2009, Emeryville has worked with many dedicated people to update the Emeryville Planning Regulations: those serving on the Zoning Update Steering Committee, the staff who support their, and consultants as well .

This Saturday, September 29, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at City Hall (1333 Park Ave.), there will be a public workshop on the zoning ordinances. Please consider attending. The public is welcome at all of these meetings at City Hall. After this public input session, the regulations will come to the Planning Commission and City Council for a joint study session on October 30, 2012 at 6:00 pm. Then the Zoning Update Steering Committee will meet again on November 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm. The Planning Commission will consider the zoning update with a public hearing on (tentatively) December 13, 2012 at 6:30 pm and the City Council (tentatively) on January 15, 2013 at 7:15 pm. This means that the public will have 5 more opportunities to weigh in on decisions for how the General Plan will be implemented including what uses are permitted where, density of development, and design guidelines. The chart of all the meetings scheduled can be found here in the E-News (which you can opt into receiving twice per month).