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| | | | | | | | | | Item 11.
COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM | | | |
| | | | | | | | TO: Land Use and Sustainability Committee
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| FROM: Alina T. Hudak, City Manager
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| DATE: September 14, 2021
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| | | | | | | | | TITLE: | DISCUSSION REGARDING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 106 OF THE CITY CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A LIMITED WAIVER OF THE PERMANENT REMOVAL FEE FOR ON-STREET PARKING SPACES, WHEN SUCH REMOVAL IS REQUESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT |
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| | | | | | | | HISTORY:
| | On June 23, 2021, at the request of Commissioner Michael Gongora, the City Commission referred a discussion item to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (LUSC) pertaining to an amendment to Chapter 106 of the City Code to provide for a limited waiver of the permanent removal fee for on-street parking spaces for affordable housing development (C4F). |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS:
| BACKGROUND
The Parking Department operates as an enterprise fund and the revenue collected is necessary to build and maintain parking facilities, as well as to sustain operations. Furthermore, parking revenues are critical to the Department’s credit ratings and are pledged as collateral for parking bonds.
Whenever an on-street parking space is proposed to be removed, for example in order to provide driveway access (curb cut) to private property, the payment of a one-time fee, per removed space, is required. The parking revenue loss due to the removal of these on-street spaces is offset by this one-time fee.
ANALYSIS
The proposed amendment would provide for a limited waiver of the permanent space removal fee for on-street parking spaces when such removal is requested in connection with affordable housing development. These projects are most often located in residential areas, which are not metered. Additionally, the number of requests for the removal of on-street parking spaces to accommodate driveway access to an affordable housing project is not expected to be significant, both now and in the foreseeable future.
Typically, only 1 to 2 on street spaces are required to be removed for a development project, and over the last few years we have only seen a few affordable housing projects. The $40,000 per removed space fee is a fairly large sum for a small affordable housing project, such as the ones that were recently approved on Normandy Isle. Further, the loss of the limited number of on street spaces is mitigated 10 times over by the inclusion of parking spaces on the property.
As part of the Ordinance amendment to Chapter 106, the Administration recommends the following:
1. Up to 2 on street parking spaces can be removed, for each affordable housing development, without paying the one-time removal fee for each space.
2. If more than 2 on street spaces are proposed to be removed, but not to exceed the removal of 5 on street spaces, the City Commission by Resolution, may waive the one-time removal fee.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION:
| | The Administration recommends that the Land Use and Sustainability Committee endorse the proposal and provide direction to prepare an amendment to Chapter 106 of the City Code for consideration by the City Commission. |
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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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