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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance amending Chapter 8, Article VI of the Zoning and Development Code, Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition) regarding off-street parking and loading, to reduce, modify, or eliminate the minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for certain nonresidential uses and update related provisions. (First Reading)*
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In recent years, many cities began evaluating their parking regulations to determine whether minimum parking requirements remain appropriate for current development patterns and land use goals. In 2020, the City adopted its comprehensive plan, Round Rock 2030, which includes implementation strategies to reevaluate off-street parking requirements, to consider the site development impacts of parking requirements, and to encourage redevelopment of aging commercial areas. Related policy direction is also included in the City’s strategic and economic development plans, both of which support reinvestment in existing commercial areas.
For these proposed revisions, Planning and Development Services (PDS) staff evaluated:
· The City’s current off-street parking requirements,
· Recent development patterns within the city,
· Parking regulations and recent reforms from peer communities, including examples from Bastrop and Taylor, which have both eliminated minimum parking requirements for all uses, and
· The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation Manual, which provides data on observed parking demand across various land uses.
This analysis resulted in the proposed amendments, which would modify minimum off-street parking requirements for certain nonresidential uses. Requirements related to stacking, fleet, and other existing parking design standards would remain as-is.
The proposed amendments will:
· Reduce, eliminate, or modify minimum off-street parking requirements for certain nonresidential uses, allowing parking supply to be determined by market demand rather than gov...
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