NIGP 96194: Zoning, Land Use Studies

NIGP 96194 Zoning, Land Use Studies (Item) encompasses comprehensive planning, ordinance development, code revision, feasibility analysis, and regulatory updates that municipalities and counties use to modernize land development frameworks, implement comprehensive plans, and address contemporary planning challenges such as housing diversity, infill development, and transportation connectivity. State and local governments procure zoning code rewrites, unified development ordinance updates, land suitability assessments, impact fee studies, corridor feasibility studies, and specialized consulting on nonconforming uses, linkage fees, and land entitlements under this code. The issuing bodies include cities of varying sizes (Wheat Ridge and Fort Myers, Colorado and Florida; Dallas, Texas; Fairburn and Dublin, Georgia; Richardson, Texas; DeKalb County unincorporated areas), counties (Effingham and DeKalb counties, Georgia; Clackamas County, Oregon; Flagler County, Florida), regional planning organizations (Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization via Chatham County-Savannah MPC), and special districts (Upper Floridan Springs Water Quality District, Oregon; Orange County Transportation Authority, California). Repeat activity centers on Georgia jurisdictions (Effingham County, DeKalb County, Fairburn, Dublin, Cedartown, McDonough, Lawrenceville, and the Savannah MPC) and Florida coastal municipalities (New Smyrna Beach, Flagler County, Fort Myers, DeBary). Typical work includes ordinance diagnostics and rewrites grounded in adopted comprehensive plans and sustainability goals; public engagement facilitation; stakeholder coordination; and adoption support, often spanning twelve to twenty-four months with fixed or negotiated hourly fees.

Recent solicitations show the code active across the Southeast and Southwest. The City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is procuring comprehensive zoning code analysis and amendment drafting (due September 3, 2026) funded through EPA climate grant; Effingham County Board of Commissioners, Georgia seeks unified development ordinance and zoning ordinance review and revision (due October 28, 2026); the City of Richardson, Texas is soliciting a unified development code consolidation (due November 3, 2026) with anticipated contract value of approximately $900,000 and an eighteen- to twenty-four-month timeline; Flagler County, Florida requests a comprehensive land development code rewrite (due October 20, 2026); the City of Dublin, Georgia is requesting qualifications for a unified development ordinance overhaul (due July 16, 2026) with a $200,000 budget; and Clackamas County, Oregon is procuring a land suitability assessment for industrial development (due June 18, 2026) valued at $560,000. On-call planning staff augmentation continues through the Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (CORE MPO) task-order RFQs with responses due November 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026. Notable also is the City of Fairburn, Georgia's comprehensive zoning updates (due June 23, 2026) and the City of McDonough, Georgia's code revision for chapters 15, 16, and 17 (due June 19, 2026), both reflecting sustained demand for ordinance modernization tied to adopted plans and development-pattern evolution.