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Pre-RFPProfessional ServicesDetected Jun 17, 2026

The agenda includes “Council Workshops on Zoning Amendment 221,” indicating that the City Council and Planning staff are workshopping a specific zoning amendment package. This suggests a broader effort to revise zoning policy, which can trigger updates to zoning maps, regulations, and supporting planning documents across multiple districts. No outside consultant is mentioned, so it is unclear whether this work is being done entirely in-house. However, zoning amendments of this scale can create demand for legal review, form-based code drafting, design standards, economic/fiscal impact analysis, and public engagement support. Vendors offering planning, legal, visualization, and codification tools could engage to understand whether staff needs assistance in modeling development impacts, drafting regulations, or communicating changes to the public and development community.

The numbered amendment (221) suggests a defined legislative package that may affect multiple zones o...

City of NewburyportCitywide zoning changes including Zoning Amendment 221 workshops

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