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Council approves consultant engagement to refine city's form-based zoning code; members press for protections and mapping clarity
Summary
City planning staff won approval to solicit consultants to expand and refine Cleveland's form-based code pilot, while multiple council members pressed that the consultant work not map zones without further council review and asked for protections for single-family neighborhoods and anti-displacement measures.
City planning staff presented an ordinance to hire professional consultants to refine the city's form-based code pilot, expand code text, address conflicts with the fire code, evaluate district types (including industrial, transit-oriented, waterfront) and improve community engagement and permitting clarity.
Shannon Leonard, chief…
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