The document introduces the Buffalo Green Code project which aims to create a new land use plan and zoning code for Buffalo, New York. The current zoning code from 1951 no longer matches the city's vision. The Green Code project will develop a land use plan that promotes smart growth, sustainability, and building on the city's assets according to its comprehensive plan. It will also create a new zoning code with equitable, predictable and efficient rules to implement the land use plan and shape development over coming decades. Citizens are invited to provide input to help create codes that reflect Buffalo's diverse neighborhoods, economies and cultures.

1. The Buffalo Green CodeNew land use and zoning for place-based economic development

3. Sustainability

4. “Build on Assets”

5. “Fix the Basics”

6. Invest StrategicallyProject background

8. We need a new approach to guide growth

9. It will follow the comprehensive plan

10. The “Green Code” project will create a land use plan

11. And a zoning code to implement it.Project background

13. A new zoning code will regulate what can be built and where

14. Together they will shape the city over the next few decades

15. And give investors and citizens the predictability they requireProject background

17. The Sense of Place that Buffalonians desire in the places that they live, work, shop and play.

18. The requirements necessary to implement the City’s Economic Development Strategies.Step One: Land Use Plan

20. Reinforce a strong sense of place

21. Promote a mix of land usesStep One: Land Use Plan

23. Create development that responds to local climate and ecology.

24. Establish development patterns that minimize auto-dependency.Step One: Land Use Plan

26. Encourage development that builds on existing competitive advantage.

27. Establishes stable environ-ments for businesses to growStep One: Land Use Plan

28. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Building on our natural assets means taking advantage of a unique geography of lakefront and waterways. Step One: Land Use Plan

29. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Building on our physical assets means preserving and enhancing corridors of Olmsted Parks and Ellicott Radial Streets Step One: Land Use Plan

30. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Building on our neighborhood assets means providing places to live, shopping nearby, local parks, schools, and civic centers. Step One: Land Use Plan

31. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Building on our district assets means providing places for employment, education, health care, services, and regional shopping. Step One: Land Use Plan

33. Predictable: where what gets built matches what has been agreed to in the land use plan.

34. Efficient: Where doing the right thing is made easier by removing obstacles.Step Two: Zoning Code

35. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Smart Growth An approach to re-zoning Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Smart Growth: The use and design of buildings contributes to the creation of compact and accessible development and reflects the character of the place in which they are located. Sustainability Future Land Use Plan Sustainability The use and design of buildings encourages residents and businesses to make low-impact environmental choices.

36. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project What is a zoning code? Zoning is a set of legally established rules administered by the City that determines how a property can be developed. Step Two: Zoning Code

37. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project What Does Zoning Regulate? Project background

39. How attractive the city is for new business investment.

40. Your transportation options and how far you have to travel to meet your daily needs.

41. How big an impact new development has on the environment and natural resources. Step Two: Zoning Code

43. 1950’s zoning was based on a concept that good places were created by rigidly separating land uses -- the opposite of what we believe today.

44. It was rewritten over the years as a patch-work of amendments and overlapping rules which make the code confusing to use.Step Two: Zoning Code

45. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project One result of the current code is development that is unpredictable in character. Because the code regulates land use but not the character of development, the same zoning can allow two very different projects. Step Two: Zoning Code

46. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should reflect the diverse places we live. Martin Luther King Park Starin Central Step Two: Zoning Code

47. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should reflect the diverse places we live. Cazenovia Park Parkside Step Two: Zoning Code

48. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should reflect the diverse places we live. Downtown Step Two: Zoning Code

49. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should also reflect the diverse places we shop. Hertel Avenue Broadway Fillmore Step Two: Zoning Code

50. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should also reflect Buffalo’s civic and cultural diversity. Step Two: Zoning Code

51. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project A new zoning code should reflect Buffalo’s economic diversity, as well. Step Two: Zoning Code

52. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project “The new Buffalo zoning ordinance will be known as the Buffalo Green Code. It will embody 21st century values about economic development, sustainability, and walkable, green urbanism.” Mayor Byron Brown April 22, 2010 Step Two: Zoning Code

54. In neighborhood focused land use and zoning workshops (called charrettes);

55. With support from a Community Advisory Committee of grassroots leaders.Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project Citizens are invited to participate We need your help

56. Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project The project encompasses three major phases through September 2012 We need your help

57. Be involved. Look for updated information here at: www.buffalogreencode.com If you have questions or comments, e-mail us at: info@buffalogreencode.com Introducing the Buffalo Green Code Project We need your help