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Committee schedules March 18 public hearing on York City comprehensive plan draft
Summary
City staff asked the committee to set a public hearing for the draft comprehensive plan and open a 45-day comment period; the committee set a March 18, 2025, public hearing and moved the plan onto the legislative agenda for council consideration.
City planning consultants and staff told a York City committee on Jan. 29 that the draft comprehensive plan is open for public comment and asked the committee to set a public hearing and calendar date for council consideration.
Jessica Fieldhouse of C.S. Davidson, the city's engineering consultant, said the draft plan has been open to public comment since October and that the committee was being asked to set a hearing date so the city could advertise and hold the public hearing before adoption. Fieldhouse said staff are still receiving comments and asked residents to submit marked-up drafts to Nancy in the city's office for incorporation where appropriate. Fieldhouse also said the consultant team could incorporate non-substantive additions based on public feedback.
Council members asked how the plan addresses density and where the changes would apply. Fieldhouse said increased density is being advocated mainly within walking distance of transit stops and downtown business areas (UN 1 and UN 2), not citywide in R-1 and R-2 neighborhoods; the plan encourages a diversity of housing types, including small multi-unit, pedestrian-scale buildings within existing blocks, to create mixed-income neighborhoods. The committee discussed the need for complementary policies such as economic development, property maintenance and multimodal transportation to support any increase in density.
The committee set a public hearing for March 18, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers and moved the draft plan onto the legislative agenda for that meeting. Staff said adoption would occur after the public hearing. Jessica Fieldhouse and staff also noted that printed copies would be available at the bank section of city offices and that the draft is accessible online at YorkCity.org under City Services → Economic and Community Development. The committee invited additional comments from residents and city employees; one council member specifically requested input from city employees who do not live in York about what would encourage them to move into the city.
