WELCOME TO THE HEART OF HOMEWOOD PLAN!
April 2019 - The Homewood Downtown Code draft one has been released to the public for critique. The code is designed to help implement the Heart of Homewood Plan, adopted in October 2018. During the week of April 23-25, 2019, the consultant team of the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham and PlaceMakers, LLC, presented the draft code, collected community edits, and answered questions about how the code will operate. The team met with members of the Homewood community, downtown property owners, developers, builders, architects, the Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Planning Commission, and city staff for extensive working sessions.
For anyone who was unable to make these sessions, or for anyone who would like to submit additional edits for consideration, the comment period to draft one of the downtown code is available via this project website through May 28, 2019. After this timeframe, the consultant team will prepare a final draft and host work sessions on June 27, to receive edits to the final draft of the code from the community, City Council, and the Planning Commission. After this final round of inputs, the consultant team will complete final edits and the City will pursue publication and public hearings. Consideration for adoption is expected in September.
For anyone who was unable to make these sessions, or for anyone who would like to submit additional edits for consideration, the comment period to draft one of the downtown code is available via this project website through May 28, 2019. After this timeframe, the consultant team will prepare a final draft and host work sessions on June 27, to receive edits to the final draft of the code from the community, City Council, and the Planning Commission. After this final round of inputs, the consultant team will complete final edits and the City will pursue publication and public hearings. Consideration for adoption is expected in September.
January 2019 - The process has begun to update the zoning and signage code for the downtown area, in accordance with the Downtown Homewood Master Plan recommendations. View the recommendations report below, and related Homewood Star articles.
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