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Planning and Urban Design Agency outlines FY26 priorities; zoning code overhaul paused for tornado-era engagement
Summary
The Planning and Urban Design Agency told the Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 28 that it will continue technical work on a comprehensive zoning-code rewrite funded in part by ARPA but has paused broad public engagement to allow sensitive outreach following recent tornado damage.
The Planning and Urban Design Agency (PDA) gave the Budget and Public Employees Committee an overview of its FY26 budget, staffing and major workstreams on May 28, telling aldermen that a comprehensive zoning-code upgrade is proceeding technically but that community engagement will be more deliberate in the wake of recent tornado damage.
Don Roe, executive director of the Planning and Urban Design Agency, introduced the presentation and said PDA remains the city’s planning office for long-range land use, neighborhood plans, preservation and GIS resources. “PDA was created in 1999 as a new freestanding, official city agency, to focus on planning for the future of the city of St. Louis,” Roe said.
Why it matters: PDA leads the zoning code rewrite that will translate the newly adopted strategic land use plan into rules affecting where and how housing and development occur. Committee members pressed staff about how recent tornado damage…
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