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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager | | | DATE: | October 14, 2020 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD - ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. |
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| | The administration recommends that the City Commission refer the proposed ordinance amendment to the Planning Board. |
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| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND/HISTORY
| HISTORY
On February 12, 2020, the City Commission approved, at first reading, an ordinance reducing the parking requirements for hotel and residential uses in the CD-2 zoning districts within the Normandy Isles national register conservation district. At the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission referred the MXE portion of the subject ordinance to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (Item R5 H).
The MXE discussion item was placed on the March 17, 2020 agenda of the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (LUSC). The March 17, 2020 LUSC meeting was postponed, and the item was moved to the May 6, 2020 LUSC meeting. On May 6, 2020 the item was deferred to the June 30, 2020 LUSC meeting.
On June 24, 2020 the City Commission adopted the ordinance reducing the parking requirements for hotel and residential uses in the CD-2 zoning districts within the Normandy Isles national register conservation district. At the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission also referred a discussion pertaining to parking requirements in the Harding Townsite district in North Beach to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (Item R5 D).
At the request of the item sponsor the Harding Townsite parking discussion was combined with the MXE discussion into a single item. Additionally, the combined item was deferred from the June 30, 2020 LUSC agenda to the September 22, 2020 agenda. On September 22, 2020 the LUSC discussed the proposal and transmitted it to the City Commission with no recommendation.
BACKGROUND
The original ordinance proposed to reduce the parking requirements for hotel and residential uses in the following, limited areas of the City:
1. CD-2 zoning districts within the Normandy Isles national register conservation district.
2. MXE zoning districts south of 16th Street.
As noted above, the ordinance adopted by the City Commission on June 24, 2020 only applied to the CD-2 district on Normandy Island. The MXE portion was removed and referred to the LUSC for further discussion. Additionally, the Harding Townsite area of North Beach was referred to the LUSC for consideration. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| PLANNING ANALYSIS
The attached maps show the MXE and North Beach areas of the City that parking reductions are intended to apply. Overlaid into these maps are locations of existing parking facilities, as well as dedicated transit stops and ridership information for these stops. These maps illustrate how transit stops and parking facilities are well within the established industry standard walking distance of ¼ mile, or 1,500 feet. Of note are the publicly accessible parking structures have been built in and abutting the MXE district in South Beach since 1991.
A Map of the Harding Townsite area is also attached. The commercial areas of the Harding Townsite historic district are much more limited, as the properties zoned CD-2 and MXE are bounded by 73rd Street on the south, 75th Street on the north, Ocean Terrace to the east and Harding Avenue to the west.
The attached draft text for a new ordinance would apply to the MXE and Harding Townsite areas and would remove the minimum off-street parking requirements for new construction that meets certain minimum benchmarks, including the following:
1. Lots with a width of 100 feet or less.
2. Development sites of 6 units (hotel or residential) or fewer.
3. New buildings on development sites with existing buildings for which off-street parking is not currently provided, where the total number of new residential and/or hotel units does not exceed the number of existing residential and/or hotel units.
4. Properties located within 1,500 feet of a public transit stop, or within 1,500 feet of any public or private parking garage.
The proposal to modify parking requirements in the MXE and Harding Townsite (commercial only) areas would only apply to new construction (existing buildings do not have a parking requirement). As such, the number of actual spaces required is limited to the square footage of new construction, which is typically in the form of a ground level or roof-top addition. Attached are illustrations of recent projects, approved or contemplated, within the MXE area south of 16th Street; the impact of these projects, from a size standpoint is minimal.
The administration believes that the elimination of minimum parking requirements in local historic districts is good policy and will be an incentive for existing buildings to be renovated and restored, as additions will be more economically feasible. All addition and renovation proposals within the MXE and Harding Townsite districts are subject to the review and approval of the Historic Preservation Board. This will ensure that any proposed additions are limited, as well as sensitive and contextually compatible with both the structure on site and the surrounding area.
Finally, with the recent adoption of the City-wide mobility fee, which replaced the concurrency management fee for traffic, a broader measurement for mobility, as opposed to solely vehicular traffic, has been put in place. The mobility fee considers all mobility aspects of a project and is not limited solely to vehicular congestion and off-site vehicular storage.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION
| | The administration recommends that the City Commission refer the proposed ordinance amendment to the Planning Board. |
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| | | | | | | | | Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14? | | Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds? | | | Yes | | No | |
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| | | | | | | | Legislative Tracking
Planning |
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| | | | | | | | Sponsor
Commissioner Ricky Arriola |
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