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The article by Jay Burney was originally published in The Buffalo News on September 30, 2012. The author is founder of GreenWatch and the Learning Sustainability Campaign. Click here to visit GreenWatch on Facebook.
If you ride a bike or drive a car on the streets of Buffalo, you know that there are safety issues involving the conflicts between pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.
All of that is beginning to change. You may have noticed in your own neighborhood that there is a lot of street construction going on.
After years of criticism focused on the complexity of maneuvering through the patchwork of zoning rules and regulations, the city is finally addressing its coding and zoning systems. Soon we will have a new, place-based land-use and zoning tool that supports livable neighborhoods and includes street redesigns. This promises to bring a better quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.
The new tool is called the Buffalo Green Code. It is a land-use plan and a unified development ordinance that is described as "combining zoning, subdivision and public realm standards into a single document." In an interview with The Buffalo News, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown said that "the Green Code is designed to help transform Buffalo into an economically competitive city by making our neighborhoods and districts more livable. This will benefit all of our citizens."
 If you ride a bike or drive a car on the streets of Buffalo, you know that there are safety issues involving the conflicts between pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.All of that is beginning to change. You may have noticed in your own neighborhood that there is a lot of street construction going on.
After years of criticism focused on the complexity of maneuvering through the patchwork of zoning rules and regulations, the city is finally addressing its coding and zoning systems. Soon we will have a new, place-based land-use and zoning tool that supports livable neighborhoods and includes street redesigns. This promises to bring a better quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.
The new tool is called the Buffalo Green Code. It is a land-use plan and a unified development ordinance that is described as "combining zoning, subdivision and public realm standards into a single document." In an interview with The Buffalo News, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown said that "the Green Code is designed to help transform Buffalo into an economically competitive city by making our neighborhoods and districts more livable. This will benefit all of our citizens."
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