What is the process for changing the Zoning Maps?
In brief, to change the zoning map an ordinance must be approved by City Council and signed by the Mayor. However, there is a community-based process that the Planning Commission has developed over the years to insure neighborhood involvement in any remapping effort. For more information on remapping, review the Zoning Remapping Primer on this site, or read “Zoning Remapping in Philadelphia,” a publication of the City Planning Commission, at http://www.philaplanning.org/plans/zoning.pdf.
