1. Map the FutureThe Buffalo Green Code:Planning for Future Land Use West Community Workshop Lafayette High School March 3, 2011

2. Tonight’s Moderator Karen Phillips The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning

3. The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning Welcome Office of Strategic Planning Community Advisory Committee Elected officials

5. Where is it strong? Where is it weak?

6. Where is change happening?

7. Where is change desired?

9. West Workshop Community Neighborhoods: -Upper West Side/Forest -Grant/Ferry -Elmwood Village -Delaware -Prospect Hill -Allentown -Lakeview/Lower West Side

10. West Workshop Community

11. Commercial Corridors

12. Diversity

13. Parks

14. School Projects

15. Investment Private Development

16. Homeownership

17. Vacancies

18. Community Gardens

19. Density (Early 1960)

20. Density (Mid-1960)

21. City of Good Neighbors

22. The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning What is the Buffalo Green Code? Bob Shibley The Urban Design Project University at Buffalo Architecture and Urban Planning

23. A project to give us a new land use plan and zoning ordinance What is the Buffalo Green Code? Zoning Ordinance Land Use Plan Guides Public and Private Investment Regulates Private Investment

24. It will implement our comprehensive plan, Queen City in the 21st Century What is the Buffalo Green Code?

25. It will say where housing and shops can be, where jobs will go What is the Future Land Use Plan?

26. The zoning ordinance makes the rules for what can be built where What is the Future Zoning Ordinance?

27. It will say what things go together and what things need a place of their own. What is the Buffalo Green Code?

28. It will address how neighborhoods look and feel, not just what uses are allowed What is the Buffalo Green Code?

29. It will shape the growth of Buffalo for the next 20 years and beyond What is the Buffalo Green Code?

30. We are taking a new approach to meet the “green” challenges of our time What is the Buffalo Green Code?

31. … including core principles of “sustainability” and “smart growth” What is the Buffalo Green Code?

32. What is the Buffalo Green Code? How will we develop a new future Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance? Karen Phillips

33. The Buffalo Green Code will be created in a five-step process… Listening meetings – Fall, 2010. Land use workshops – Right Now. 3. Draft Future Land Use Plan – Summer, 2011 Zoning ordinance workshops – Fall, 2011 Draft Zoning Ordinance – Summer, 2012 What is the Buffalo Green Code?

34. “Listening meetings” in November began a conversation about community values The conversation has already begun Tosh Collins Community Ctr. November 18th, 2010 Buffalo Museum of Science November 16th, 2010 Bennett High School November 17th, 2010 Dots represent where attendees were from.

35. “You value great housing and neighborhoods” The conversation has already begun

36. … “vibrant neighborhood and business districts” The conversation has already begun

37. … “Buffalo’s great Olmsted parks and parkways.” The conversation has already begun

38. “You value great historic architecture” The conversation has already begun

39. … “and Buffalo’s incomparable waterfront.” The conversation has already begun

40. “You are concerned about vacant homes, lots” The conversation has already begun Courtesy of David Torke Courtesy of David Torke Courtesy of David Torke

41. … “empty storefronts in business districts” The conversation has already begun Courtesy of David Torke Courtesy of David Torke

42. … “highways that have divided your communities” The conversation has already begun Courtesy of David Torke

43. … “and brownfields and environmental threats.” The conversation has already begun Photos Courtesy of David Torke

44. A new future land use plan and a “green” zoning ordinance for the future can establish the foundation to protect what you value, change what you don’t. The conversation has already begun

45. The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning You care about your community… You know about your community… maybe better than anyone else.

46. Small Group Work Sessions Jack Swenson Camiros, Ltd Buffalo’s Building Blocks

48. Places that are strong

49. Places that are weak

50. Where change is needed

52. Markers – red and green

53. Dots – Blue, Green, Pink, Red, Yellow…

54. A flip chart and more markers

57. And based on ideas about what could be

58. Patterns that can be applied to the map

59. To protect prevailing values

60. And to guide redevelopmentBuffalo’s Building Blocks

61. The building blocks of the Future Land Use Plan must reflect these goals Buffalo’s Building Blocks Mixed-use Blocks Residential Blocks Green Space Blocks Retail Center Blocks Business Blocks * *

62. Residential Building Blocks Buffalo’s Building Blocks Small-lot Residential Medium-lot Residential Large lot Residential

63. Green Space Blocks Buffalo’s Building Blocks Neighborhood Green Space Local Green Space Private Green

64. Mixed-Use Blocks Buffalo’s Building Blocks Traditional Neighborhood Mixed-use Mid-Rise Mixed-Use Downtown Auto-oriented Neighborhood Mixed-use

65. Retail Center Blocks Buffalo’s Building Blocks * Urban Retail Center Auto - Oriented Retail Center

66. Business Blocks Buffalo’s Building Blocks * Urban Business Center Auto-Oriented Business Center Industrial Center

67. The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning Before we go on, questions?

68. The Buffalo Green Code: Future Land Use Planning Grab some food and make your way to the small group sessions.

71. Number the block and make a note on the newsprint why the area is strong.

73. Number the block and make a note on the newsprint why the area is weak.

75. Put the colored dot that represents a new block pattern where you want change.