We’ve acquired a PDF copy of the Planning and Zoning Ordinance, which is Title XX of the City of Albany Municipal Code.  The entire municipal code is available here, but the PDF is easier on the eyes and looks better when you print out sections.

Here is a link to the Zoning Ordinance in PDF format; a permanent link to the file will kept off to the right.

The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a special study on Thursday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. to specifically to discuss the Safeway proposal.  My sense is that this is one of the more important early stage meetings, where public comment still has the possibility of influencing the actual design.

The commission scheduled this session at their May 11 regularly scheduled meeting; you can see the discussion here at around the 3:30 mark.

I’ve been updated on the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting tomorrow evening, and the Safeway item is last on the agenda.  The primary purpose of the agenda item will be to allow the commission to determine whether they want to hold another special session to discuss Safeway’s application, or whether to hold further hearings at a normally scheduled meeting.  As always public comment is allowed, but Safeway representatives will likely not be present and the primary purpose of the agenda item isn’t to discuss the proposal.

If you do decide to attend, you may want to show up between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m.

The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold its regularly scheduled twice-monthly meeting this Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Albany City Council chambers.  The agenda indicates that the commission will hold a continuation of the April 27 study session on Safeway’s proposal (report prepared for that session here).  At this time I don’t have knowledge regarding whether there will be an opportunity for public comment at this session; this information should be available by Monday evening, at which time there will be an update.

We’re just getting this site up and running.  Hopefully you’ve visited the Welcome page to get an idea of what we’re about.  Stay tuned for more in the coming days.