Over the past few months, Mayor Brown has released public drafts for key components of the Buffalo Green Code, including the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), and three Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) studies (Buffalo River Corridor, Buffalo Harbor, and Tonawanda Street Corridor).

Since these documents were publicly released, the Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning (OSP) has been hard at work holding dozens of meetings and evaluating the substantial input it has received from citizens across Buffalo. OSP Staff will soon be undertaking revisions to the Green Code components based on this community input. The updated Draft Green Code will then be submitted to the Common Council later this fall.

If you have written comments that have not been delivered already, please send them to OSP by October 6, 2014, to be considered for the updated Draft Green Code that will be submitted to the Common Council.

Once the Council accepts the Draft Green Code documents, they will initiate the formal public comment period under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

Again, please provide your comments for the Draft Buffalo Green Code in writing no later than October 6, 2014. Comments can be submitted as follows:

By email:

info@buffalogreencode.com 

By US Postal Service:

For information on the Buffalo Green Code and its components, please go online to www.buffalogreencode.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@buffalogreencode.com or call (716) 851-4769.

Thank you for your continued interest and participation as the Buffalo Green Code process moves forward!