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Marietta staff to refine broad zoning-code rewrite to align with state ZPL; council eyes January committees
Summary
Planning staff walked council through an extensive zoning-code update to conform to recent Zoning Procedures Law changes: clarifying quasi-judicial decisions, standardizing notice periods, aligning BZA/Planning Commission procedures and attendance rules; council asked for further edits and scheduled the item for January committees.
City zoning staff presented a consolidated rewrite of the zoning ordinance intended to bring local code into alignment with the state Zoning Procedures Law (ZPL). Daniel Weinstein summarized changes spanning quasi-judicial definitions, 30-day notice requirements for variances, removal of administrative variances, and consolidating hearing procedures that had previously lived in bylaws.
Staff said many changes are…
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