Announcements + Project Updates
March 16, 2020:
The draft Zoning and Subdivision Codes Assessment is available for review, comments, and questions from the public. Please see "Recent Project Documents" to the left to download.
Please direct comments or questions to Jonathan Buono, the York County Assistant Planning and Development Services Director, by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
January 1, 2020:
The consulting team is currently preparing an assessment of the York County Zoning and Subdivision Codes. The assessment will be completed in early March, and the County Council and Planning Commission will be holding a workshop in mid-March to review the assessment. Information about upcoming public meetings will be posted here as they are scheduled.
What is Recode York County?
Recode York County is an initiative to review, update, and realign York County's Zoning and Subdivision Codes to better reflect the current and future development context in the county. The revised land use and development ordinances will be updated to implement the policies and goals of 2035 York Forward, the County's adopted Comprehensive Plan, as well as associated small area plans.
Other goals of the process include:
- Modernizing the Codes to incorporate current best practices
- Making the Codes more user-friendly, with additional graphics and a more intuitive organizational structure
- Improving consistency between the Codes and related County ordinances, standards and regulations
- Enhance the predicatbility of development outcomes
- Permit flexibility, where appropriate
- Eliminate barriers to development that is consistent with adopted plans
The process is being led by the York County Planning & Development Services Department, with oversight by the York County Council and the York County Planning Commission. The public, and all interested stakeholders, will have opportunities throughout the process, which is scheduled to conclude in September 2021, to provide input into the code rewrite and review and comment on draft regulations. Project updates, work products and notices for public meetings will be posted on this website, as well as the Recode York County Facebook page.
