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February 10, 2017 I Volume 11 I Issue 3 Zoning Bulletin <br />NEW YORK <br />City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown signed into law the city's <br />"Green Code," which is "the first major overhaul of city zoning laws <br />since 1953" and was drafted over the court of nearly seven years. Bu- <br />ffalo's new "Green Code" is being described as one that zones more <br />on "form" than on "use." So, for example, "those who seek to build <br />something new will have to more carefully align it with what already <br />exists in a given neighborhood." The Green Code goes into effect in <br />February. <br />Source: WGRZ; www.wgrz.com <br />OHIO <br />The Strongsville City Council has "unanimously rejected an <br />ordinance that would have required new commercial businesses and <br />buildings to preserve at least 25 percent of their land as green space." <br />Two weeks prior, the council also defeated a companion ordinance <br />that would have restricted new retail stores and buildings larger than <br />75,000 square feet to lots measuring at least 10 acres, and segregated <br />them to two zoning districts. Reportedly, the green -space legislation <br />would have applied to businesses and buildings in the local -business, <br />general -business, shopping -center, motorist -service, and restaurant - <br />recreational -services districts. <br />Source: Cleveland. corn; www.cleveland.com <br />12 © 2017 Thomson Reuters <br />