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Consultant outlines year‑long zoning code rewrite tied to state grant and public outreach
Summary
CPL consultant Justin Steinbach briefed the council on a schedule and approach to update Tonawanda's zoning code, saying the work will translate planning documents into code revisions with public outreach and an analysis wrapped by fall and code updates next year.
Justin Steinbach, a bank file manager with CPL, presented a condensed overview of a zoning code update project the firm is doing for the city, telling council members June 17 the work will translate existing planning documents into an updated zoning ordinance.
Steinbach said the team has interviewed multiple department heads — the mayor’s office, engineering, code enforcement and the DDA — and plans roundtable discussions with external users such as the Chamber of Commerce, realtors and developers. He described the objective as “taking those plan‑level policy documents and…
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