Community and economic development director Liz Cabrera gave the borough assembly a presentation on the draft for a development code revision at an assembly meeting on Monday.

“A lot of the boundaries that we currently have in our zoning, where residential areas are, where commercial areas are, industrial, those really do not change,” said Cabrera on Monday. “The fundamental changes are really going to be in the code.”

The code changes will improve downtown zoning and strengthen downtown as a destination for residents and visitors, expand and improve Petersburg’s historic distric...