Youngstown council agrees to commission new zoning codes

February 2, 2011 at 7:00p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — The city plans to hire a firm, to be paid up to $250,000, to create a new zoning code.

City council voted tonight to permit the board of control to hire a consultant for the work. The zoning code was last written 40 years ago.

The city is negotiating with Clarion Associates, a land-use and real-estate consulting firm, to be the company that creates the new code. Clarion has seven offices nationwide, including one in Cincinnati.

The city wants to hire a firm in the next few weeks, said Bill D’Avignon, its community development agency director.

The city received proposals from 10 firms.

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