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Amending Legislative Code Chapter 63 pertaining to off-street parking facility standards and design.
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WHEREAS, on March 17, 2023, the Planning Commission initiated a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to the off-street parking facility standards and design in Section 63.300 of the Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission duly conducted a public hearing on April 28, 2023 regarding the potential amendments;
WHEREAS, in a memo dated May 26, 2023, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which it made recommendations and provided a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code regulating parking landscaping and design; and
WHEREAS, on May 26, 2023, the Planning Commission, based upon the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the April 28, 2023 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regulating parking landscaping and design 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 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 other reasons the Council might articulate on the record in adopting these amendments the Council, having considered all the facts and recommendations...
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