SYLACAUGA, Ala. – On Tuesday the City of Sylacauga held a public hearing regarding the downtown area.
The Planning and Code staff and the Zoning Update Committee have been working on proposed u[dates to the city’s current zoning ordinance, which was created in 1954 and last updated in 1989.
The issue, according to the city, is the current zoning ordinance does not line up with today’s economic and quality of life outlook. In order to better serve the downtown area, the city has created a proposed a Downtown Business District with its own set of zoning regulations.
Those changes were explained at Tuesday’s public hearing. Watch the hearing in the video below:
