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Consultant outlines "Zone GR" zoning rewrite, schedules May community launch
Summary
Consultant Leslie Oberholtzer presented a directions report for Zone GR, describing a modular rewrite that emphasizes context-sensitive building types, a split MX/GX mixed-use scheme, and public engagement beginning May 12. Commissioners asked for follow-ups on design details and implementation timing.
Leslie Oberholtzer, the consultant lead from Codometrics, presented the directions report for the Zone GR zoning-ordinance rewrite to the Grand Rapids Planning Commission on April 23, describing the project's goals, timeline and an early structure for the draft ordinance.
Oberholtzer said the rewrite will be carried out in modules: Module 1 for zones, building form and uses; Module 2 for design and development standards; and Module 3 for procedures and relief mechanisms. She said staff and a technical advisory committee will review drafts before a consolidated public review draft is released. "We will take our draft of Module 1 to the TAC in August," she said, and the team plans a community launch and outreach starting May 12 on the ZoneGR publicinput.com site.
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