Title
Amending Legislative Code Chapters 60, 63, 65, and 66 pertaining to off-street parking requirements.
Body
WHEREAS, on August 10, 2018, the Planning Commission initiated a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to the off-street parking requirements in Article 63.200 of the Zoning Code, and other connected regulations contained in the Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the intent and nature of these ordinance amendments shall also be incorporated into the City adopted Ford Zoning and Public Realm Master Plan to ensure parallel updates on the Highland Bridge site; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission duly conducted a public hearing on April 30th, 2021 regarding the potential amendments; and
WHEREAS, in a memo dated June 21, 2021, 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 regulating off-street parking requirements and other connected regulations were set forth; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2021, the Planning Commission, based upon the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the April 30th, 2021 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regarding minimum parking requirements and other connected regulations 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’s minutes 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 t...
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