TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: January 29, 2020
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AMENDING APPENDIX-A ZONING; ARTICLE IX - TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDOR - CITY CENTER (TOC-CC) DISTRICT, SECTION 9.12 PARKING STANDARDS; ARTICLE XXXIII - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, SECTION 33.1. OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED; SECTION 33.2. LOCATION, CHARACTER AND SIZE; SECTION 33.3. AMOUNT OF OFF-STREET PARKING; SECTION 33.4. COMBINED OFF-STREET PARKING; PROVIDING FOR ELIMINATING MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND: Based on review of the redevelopment approval procedures, the City Commission has directed the staff to amend the off-street parking regulations to eliminate the minimum parking requirements for non-residential uses. To accomplish this, a master parking plan will be required meeting minimum design standards. Due to the differences in sizes and intensity of uses at commercial and industrial properties, these standards vary depending on size.
Modifications as provided by the Planning and Zoning Board include:
Section 33.4. - to include the following: Non-residential parking shall not be shared with residential parking.
Section 33.2.(F)(2)(c) - to include the following: Non-residential parking requirements may not be shared with residential parking requirements. Residential parking shall be isolated from non-residential parking.
This item was heard on First Reading at the 12/11/2019 Regular City Commission meeting and was tabled (5-0) to the 1/22/2020 Regular City Commission meeting.
This item was heard on First Reading at the 1/22/20 Regular City Commission meeting and approved as amended (4-0). The amendment removed the shared parking restriction which required residential parking to be isolated from non-residential parking. The isolation of shared parking will come ba...
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