currently the top priority for community planning staff is to prepare district plans for 18 sections of the city. These plans recommend future land use and examine the adequacy of capital facilities. The land use recommendations will guide zoning remapping (a subsequent step).
Neighborhood
Planning: research, analysis, coordination with other
agencies; understanding the City in a “neighborhood context;” review
of zoning variances; prepare neighborhood plans and participate in neighborhood plans initiated by community-based organizations.
Redevelopment
Process: review of urban renewal actions; establishing
eligibility for urban renewal; community input.
Transportation and Community Development: staff of the division obtains outside grants, usually from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), and manages consultant studies that promote Transit-Oriented Development in the neighborhoods. Examples: Frankford Ave., West Market St., Germantown & Nicetown, Broad & Erie.
Citizen
Participation: liaison with community organizations;
technical assistance in zoning, planning and government.
Relationship
Managers: forging working relationships with a variety of
partners. Staff is engaged in networking and mediation. Community Planners are sometimes called upon to
resolve disputes. In this regard, the planners promote compromise
between civic groups and developers (sometimes for zoning changes or
variances).
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