The City of Utica Planning Board is directly responsible for ensuring that growth and development within the City is accommodated in a manner that protects the health, safety and general welfare of the public.  In their review of development projects, the Planning Board must take into consideration numerous critical issues, such as economic development, environmental protection, transportation, aesthetics, property rights and community design.

The Planning Board has a number of duties and responsibilities, as provided in Section 2-29-45 of the City of Utica Zoning Ordinance.  Those duties include: site plan review, floodplain development review, issuance of curb cut variances, subdivision review and approval and Common Council recommendations on zoning amendments.

The Planning Board is comprised of five (5) members that are citizens of the City of Utica.  Planning Board members are appointed by the Mayor and serve no more than two consecutive five year terms.  The current list of Planning Board members include:

Fred Matrulli, Chairperson
Frank Donato
John Roy
Nedzad Smajic
Marnie Williams

The City of Utica Planning Board meets regularly on the third Wednesday of every month at 4:30 PM in the Common Council chambers of City Hall.  Due to public notice requirements and the need for review of applications by other State and local agencies, there is a pre-filing deadline for all agendas.  The schedule of meeting dates and the deadline for filing applications for the 2013 calendar year is as follows:

FILING DATE	MEETING DATE
Jan 2, 2013	Jan 16, 2013
Feb 6, 2013	Feb 20, 2013
Mar 6, 2013	Mar 20, 2013
Apr 3, 2013	Apr 17, 2013
May 1, 2013	May 15, 2013
Jun 5, 2013	Jun 19, 2013
Jul 3, 2013	Jul 17, 2013
Aug 7, 2013	Aug 21, 2013
Sep 4, 2013	Sep 18, 2013
Oct 2, 2013	Oct 16, 2013
Nov 6, 2013	Nov 20, 2013
Dec 4, 2013	Dec 18, 2013

Planning Board review is generally initiated through submission of the appropriate application.  Applicants, including property owners, architects/contractors and other interested parties, may access the necessary Planning Board application below.

PLANNING BOARD APPLICATION

Should you have any questions regarding the Planning Board, please contact Department of Urban & Economic Development staff at (315) 792-0181.