RE: rezoning and permits: advice (and more!) | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Scot E. Ferris (sferrisnewport.lib.ca.us) | |
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 12:34:19 -0600 |
At 11:12 AM 1/25/96 -0600, Rob Sandelin of Sharingwood wrote: >If you are serious about your plans then you should be talking with planning >officials from the local municipality. These folks can be HUGE resources to >help you figure out the practical details, and if they find you reasonable, >they may very well be the folks who can give the best advice about changing >the zoning code. It is to your advantage to contact the local planning >department and arrange a review of your plans. Get to know who the players >are, the name of the director or head of planning, the staff people. To >pull off a large scale project, you have to work pretty close with these >folks, and if they are on your side, then it will be much easier to make the >project into reality. > This is, with out a doubt, the best way to go about developing your project. Go down and talk to the planners who are going to be doing the staff report to the City Council/Planning Commission/fill-in-the-blank. The staff people are the ones who can make or break a project!!! Be really nice to the secretaries!!!! They control the access to all of the above! Most important is : Get a copy of the General Plan and/or Zoning Code and attempt to figure it out *before* you go down to City Hall. >>>>>>>>Do your homework before hand!!!!!!<<<<<<<<<<<< I deal everyday with people looking for advise on planning/zoning/etc matters and can tell you that those who take the time to do the homework, have a good attitude about dealing with "City Hall (Hell?)" are the ones that I feel the best about helping and make me feel like going the extra mile for!!!!! <snip> >a complementary letter to their >boss. [makes planners VERY happy!!!] Much better than flowers. Flowers die, letters go into the file! <more snipped> >Finally, spend some time getting in the political system. Is there a >planning commission or some such advisory board? If so, sent someone to >attend their meetings. What's the local political system? Again, attend >the meetings, get to know the names and personalities. I attended the local >planning commission meetings for quite some time, and discovered some >amazing things which helped a group of folks who were opposed to a large >development succeed. I was an "insider" and the developer was an "outsider" >and that made all the difference in the outcome. Thank You Rob, I could not of put it any better. If any of you out there would like an "insiders view" (from my humble view point as a staff member) of the whole process, please do not hesitate to send me an E-mail!!!!! =================================================================== Scot E. Ferris Associate Planner/GIS/Economic Development City of Newport Beach, CA |{snail mail} sferris [at] newport.lib.ca.us |3300 Newport Blvd. (714) 644-3231 |P.O.Box 1768 (714) 644-3250 fax |Newport Beach, CA 92658-8915 Check Out Our Home Page!: http://www.newport.lib.ca.us ====================================================================
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