Ensure decision makers have buy-in so the new code and map is grounded in the technical, legal, and practical reality of effective zoning policy.
 

Ensure that the city’s boards and commissions are involved to translate observations/challenges into the new code and move toward a system where variances are used sparingly.
 

Ensure that all community members can effectively use, interpret, and comply with the new zoning code.

Ensure diverse voices are substantively involved in the process.
 

Provide education that includes what zoning is (and isn’t) and how it works; how we’ve arrived at the zoning policy we have today; and how updated zoning is an important tool in creating positive change.
 

Meet and exceed legal/procedural requirements of adoption.