Buffalo Green Code Newsletter • Issue 2

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A message from Mayor
A message from Mayor Byron Brown Byron Brown
As Mayor, one of my top priorities is creating a sensible land use plan with clear Building a “Buffalo
rules to guide development. A new “Green Code” for Buffalo will protect our Green Code”
strong and diverse neighborhoods, while helping us to rebuild the areas of the
city that have suffered from economic decline. Upcoming Community
Workshops
But only the residents of Buffalo can define the values that will guide this revision
of our zoning code. That’s why we need you to take part in this process.

Please come out to the land use workshop in your neighborhood and let us know
the kind of Buffalo you would like to see in our future. See the map on the other
side of this flyer for the location of the meeting in your neighborhood.

Join me in this important effort to preserve and rebuild our city for a brighter future.

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Byron W. Brown
Mayor

Building a “Buffalo Green Code”
The citizens of Buffalo have come together over the past decade
and identified a shared vision for the future of the city. This
vision is embodied in Queen City in the 21st Century: Buffalo’s
Comprehensive Plan.
It is not enough to simply have a vision. The City of Buffalo
and its citizens are stewards of what gets built and where it
gets built in the city. The tools we use are a future land use
plan and a zoning code. The future land use plan ensures that
the City’s public investments, programs and services match
the development goals for each area of the city. The zoning
ordinance ensures that use and character of private investment
match these same development goals. Working together, they
promote the targeted use of scarce resources and a clear and
transparent development process.
The Buffalo Green Code project began in November when
over 200 citizens attended a series of three regional “listening
meetings” to begin a conversation about what we consider
good places in Buffalo and what places we think are not so
good. It was no surprise: those who participated like our parks,
our great housing, and our vibrant shopping streets. They
dislike our vacant houses and lots, our dilapidated commercial
districts, and the highways that divide our neighborhoods.
Those meetings set a compass for the rest of the project. A
summary of the meeting presentations and the results can be
viewed at www.buffalogreencode.com.

The City has embarked on the process of aligning our future

land use and zoning code with our vision. This process is called
the “Green Code” because we believe the challenges of the 21st
century will be in making cities more sustainable – conserving
energy, reducing carbon emissions, improving air and water
quality, and creating a more livable urban environment. These
are essential to building quality of life communities that attract
and sustain a new generation of residents and businesses.

For More Information:

www.buffalogreencode.com
info@buffalogreencode.com
 Next Steps: At these meetings, citizens will be asked to help confirm a
description of land use and neighborhood character in their
Community Workshops part of the city. They’ll also be asked to identify parts of their
neighborhood where change is needed or likely to occur and
The next chance for citizens to guide the development of the how those areas should change – and to define places that
new code will come in a series of nine neighborhood-level land should stay the same. We will use the results of these workshops
use workshops starting February 28 and continuing through to guide development of a city-wide land use plan that will, in
Saturday, March 5 of that same week. The time, date and turn, help us develop a new zoning code that will guide the
locations of these meetings are listed on the map below continuing development of the city.

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For More Information:

www.buffalogreencode.com
info@buffalogreencode.com