<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Invitation: </b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>What: Development Code Update Public Forum</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b>When: <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.</span></span>m.</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Where: Council Chambers, Columbia City Hall, 701 East Broadway</b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Who: Clarion Associates & Ferrell Madden Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>All interested persons are welcome to attend.</b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The City of Columbia has hired Clarion Associates and Ferrell Madden Associates to prepare a comprehensive update of its land development codes, including but not limited to the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 29) and Subdivision Regulations (Chapter 25). Current land use regulations for the downtown area may be replaced or supplemented by form-based controls that emphasize the consistency of the urban form and allow more flexible mixes of uses in that area. All land use regulations will be integrated and illustrated to incorporate best practices, to improve user-friendliness, to guide more consistent decision-making, and to simplify administration. Once the resulting development code has been drafted, a limited revision to the existing zoning map will be completed to align with the new code.<br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p></p><p>Clarion is a national land use consulting firm that has completed over 130 zoning and development code revision projects throughout the U.S. and Canada. Staff assigned to this project include Don Elliott, FAICP (planner-lawyer), Kristin Cisowski, LEED AP (planner-lawyer-engineer), and Alyssa Myers (graphic artist). Ferrell Madden is a nationally-recognized firm specializing in form-based zoning controls and urban design. Staff assigned to this project include Geoff Ferrell, FBCI, and Mary Madden, AICP.</p>
<p>Please consider attending this first public forum <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">on Tuesday</span></span> evening <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">1/28/14 at 6:30 p.m.</span></span>, City Council Chambers. Don Elliott. FAICP and Kristin Cisowki, LEED AP, Clarion Associates and Mary Madden, AICP, Ferrell Madden Associates will be on hand to make a brief presentation on the scope of the project followed by a question and answer session.</p>
<div><b>If you have any questions contact: Tim Teddy, Community Development Director, at 874-7318 or <a href="mailto:ttteddy@gocolumbiamo.com" target="_blank">ttteddy@gocolumbiamo.com</a> and see <a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/community_development/planning/" target="_blank">http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/community_development/planning/</a></b></div>
<div><b>for more information</b></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Kathy Sides<div>Sr. Administrative Support Assistant </div><div>Community Development Dept.</div><div>701 E. Broadway/P.O. Box 6015</div><div>
Columbia, MO 65205</div><div>Ph: 573-874-7244</div><div>Fax: 573-874-7546</div><div>e-mail: <a href="mailto:kesides@gocolumbiamo.com" target="_blank">kesides@gocolumbiamo.com</a></div></div>
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