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Consultants outline timeline, themes and public input for Janesville zoning and subdivision recodification
Summary
Consultants from Grama presented Feb. 3 an update on Janesville's zoning and subdivision recodification, outlining public input, key themes and a month‑by‑month schedule for drafting the new ordinances toward an anticipated summer/early fall 2025 adoption.
Consultants from Grama and subconsultants presented an overview Feb. 3 of the effort to recodify Janesville's zoning and subdivision ordinances and described themes, public engagement results and a draft schedule leading to adoption in mid‑to‑late 2025.
Craig Huebner, urban planner with Grama, led the presentation alongside Doug Seymour (Grama). Huebner said the rewrite began in 2024 and that the expected end product is a new zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance and sign ordinance, with adoption expected in summer or early fall 2025. Huebner summarized public engagement to date: staff meetings, focus‑group interviews, an open house held last fall, and an online community survey that ran mid‑November to early December and received "just over 30 responses," he said.
The consulting team said four overarching themes emerged from engagement and their audit of the existing code: reduce complexity and improve…
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