Overview
The City of Brookville, Ohio is accepting proposals from qualified consultants and firms for the updating and rewriting of the City of Brookville Zoning Ordinance (Code).
Consultants and firms must have experience and knowledge in the fields of municipal planning and zoning, including experience in the writing and updating of zoning, subdivision, and consolidated development code regulations. The city is looking for context sensitive applications in the development of the new regulations creating both design and infill standards for development in both the city’s existing developed areas as well as specific targeted greenfield growth areas as specified in the city’s updated Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which was adopted at the beginning of 2026. Key components of the revisions would place emphasis on connectivity, walkability, complete streets, mixed use commercial nodes that enhance quality of life in the city, and increased user friendliness, with a particular focus on illustrations and graphics.
Brookville adopted the latest Comprehensive Plan on March 17, 2026. The Comprehensive Plan and amendments thereto can be viewed at https://www.brookvilleohio.com/DocumentCenter/View/4850/Brookville-Comprehensive-Land-Use-Plan_04-17-2026
The last complete writing of the Zoning Code was in 1987. The Zoning Ordinance has been amended in a piecemeal fashion since that date. Because the Zoning Ordinance is dated and has been amended in a piecemeal fashion, it does not always reflect best contemporary zoning and planning practices. The City’s current Zoning Ordinance can be viewed at https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/brookville/latest/brookville_oh/0-0-0-35695.
Scope of Work
With assistance from city staff, the selected consultant/firm will conduct a public process to develop a new Zoning Code. It is anticipated that the consultant will work with the community to develop a zoning ordinance which incorporates conventional zoning standards in established and newer, largely built out areas, keeping in mind many of these areas are under previously approved PUD requirements, and standards that support walkable, neighborhoods and commercial corridors in yet-to-be, but identified future development areas of the city.
The final work program will be developed in conjunction with city staff, but the scope of work shall at a minimum include the following:
Project schedule shall be limited in duration to a time frame no longer than 12-24 months.
Contents of the Proposal
Proposals should include the following information:
Firm Experience and Qualifications with List of Similar Projects
Submission Guidelines
This Request for Proposals is being released on August 3, 2026.
Submission of all proposals (one unbound hard copy or an electronic copy on CD or thumb drive) must be received by August 28, 2026, in the City of Brookville Municipal Building, 301 Sycamore Street, Brookville, Ohio 45309
The outside of the envelope should be clearly marked: “Proposal for City of Brookville
Zoning Code Rewrite.”
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal should be directed to: Jack Kuntz, City Manager at (937) 833-2135 x 104 or jkuntz@brookvilleohio.com
Final service fees will be negotiated upon selection. However, to ensure the full anticipated costs are understood by the city and to ensure an accurate comparison between submissions, all proposing consultants must submit an estimated project cost. The total fee should be all inclusive and include all personnel, meetings, presentations, public hearings, and public outreach. All submissions shall provide a separate statement specifically summarizing the basis for any subsequent fees not estimated in the estimated project cost.
Selection Criteria
A committee comprised of the city manager, law director, elected officials and various zoning/planning boards will review the proposals based upon the following criteria:
Final determination of the selected consultant shall be made by October 6, 2026. The zoning rewrite process is anticipated to begin by January 4, 2027.
Other Conditions
Legal Compliance: Work performed, and maps and ordinances produced shall comply with all federal, state, and local laws.
The city reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities, if at its discretion, the interests of the city would be best served.
The city reserves the right to accept a proposal other than the low-cost proposal and to negotiate final terms and price once a specific proposal is selected.
Proposals must be valid for at least 90 days.
No payment will be made, or costs reimbursed for the preparation of the proposals.