TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Samuel A. May, City Manager
DATE: September 5, 2018
Title
AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
BACKGROUND: At the March 7, 2018 Regular City Commission meeting, the City Commission directed staff to prepare and bring forth revisions to the residential parking requirements. Resolution 18-038 was approved at the April 4, 2018 Regular City Commission meeting to declare a Zoning in Progress for a new parking requirement that the City Commission agreed upon. Staff has prepared the attached ordinance in response to the Zoning in Progress and directive from the City Commission. In addition to the new minimum parking requirement for residential development, staff has included language and diagrams to clarify the amount of parking provided based on driveway and other parking facilities provided at individual home sites, and a definition of “bedroom.”
The City Commission approved first reading of this ordinance with three amendments, as follows:
1. Provide a new parking calculation such that a minimum of two spaces are required for up to two bedrooms, one additional space is required for each bedroom thereafter.
2. The new parking requirement shall only apply to new construction.
3. Increase the minimum depth of a garage from 20 feet to 24 feet.
RECOMMENDATION: On July 5, 2018 the Planning and Zoning Board voted 3-1 to approve the ordinance with amendments. See attached memo for details.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
CONTACT PERSON: Robert Massarelli, AICP, Director of Development Services