Title
Amending Chapter 63 of the Legislative Code pertaining to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in surface parking lots.
Body
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2023 the Planning Commission passed Resolution 23-37 initiating a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code to establish a definition and zoning regulations for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and any other connected regulations contained in the Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on July 7, 2023 regarding the potential amendments and held the record open for written comments through August 7, 2023; and
WHEREAS, in a memo dated November 9, 2023, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which recommendations and a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code were set forth: and
WHEREAS, on December 8, 2023, the Planning Commission, based on the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the July 7, 2023 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regarding electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the Mayor and City Council for its review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council having been duly conducted at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and having considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning text amendments, including the Planning Commission resolution and the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s memorandum and their rationale for the recommended Zoning Code amendments which the Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this ordinance for the specific purpose of articulating the Council’s reasons and rationale for enacting the recommended amendments as set forth below in Section 1, in addition to any othe...
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