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:

Marnie Williams, Chairperson
Frank Donato
Kenneth Slade
William Joseph
Sam Trapanick

The City of Utica Planning Board meets regularly on a monthly basis.  Generally, meetings are held at 4:30 PM on the first Monday of every month 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 2008 calendar year is as follows:

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.