Do land-use reforms spur housing development? You betcha.
After years of adjusting land-use regulations, Minneapolis boosted its housing stock by 12%, while rents grew at just 1%. Meanwhile, the rest of Minnesota increased its stock by 4% as rents rose 14%.
Durham County has made it easier to build dense development. Here are the new rules.
Durham County joined the city this week and adopted zoning reforms that encourage denser infill development and eliminate minimum parking requirements.
The Durham County commissioners’ vote Monday night was split 3-1:
For: Chair Nida Allam, Heidi Carter, Wendy Jacobs
Against: Vice Chair Nimasheena Burns
Absent: Brenda Howerton
The vote came three weeks after the Durham City Council passed the same changes inside the city limits in its own late-night, split vote.
“I think people want small-scale, locally built housing and small-scale commercial development to be viable,” Carter said before casting her vote.
City proposes eliminating parking requirements in Lincoln to get rid of giant, underused lots
City planners want to eliminate parking requirements for most commercial and industrial areas in Lincoln, responding to changing retail habits and allowing the market to dictate parking needs.
Adhering to parking mandates forces us to live in a world shaped by men like Robert Moses, one that prioritizes cars above all else. But the time is now to reshape that world — New York needs to ca…
Austin eliminates parking requirements for new developments to make city more affordable, sustainable
The Austin City Council voted to eliminate parking space requirements on all new building developments on Nov. 2, making it the largest city in the United States to do so. The approved amendments to the city’s land code no longer require developers to build a minimum number of parking spaces along with their building projects....
How Even Modest Reductions in Parking Can Slash Your Rent — Streetsblog USA
Excess parking is costing renters dearly, even if they don't drive — and in New Jersey, a small tweak in local zoning codes save them over a thousand dollars a year.
Austin’s Citywide Elimination of Parking Mandates Heads for the Finish Line
The news back in May that Austin’s City Council voted to eliminate citywide parking mandates made waves across the nation, cited by a number of publications as evidence that these outdated re…
Bike parking gets support in Urban Transportation Commission's call to end parking requirements - Austin Monitor
City Council may add changes to bike parking requirements to a November resolution that will finalize the removal of parking minimums from the Land Development Code. The Urban Transportation Commission recently voted to recommend Council adopt the ordinance changes on…
In a City of Yes, parking requirements are a No. The Adams administration is proposing eliminating parking mandates for new residential construction throughout the city, part of the Zoning for Housing Opportunity text amendment. The change — one of several “City of Yes” initiatives — would leave a mark in a city where fewer than […]
Minimum parking requirements (MPRs) have been criticized for creating excess parking, degrading urban form, reducing housing affordability, and encouraging automobile dependency. As a result, many ...
City of Duluth Planning Commission proposes updates to UDC parking requirements
The City of Duluth held a public meeting on Wednesday to discuss proposed changes to the Unified Development Code's regulations associated with off-street parking regulations.
'Elimination of minimum parking requirements' being discussed by Dallas officials
The Dallas City Council is considering code amendments that could eliminate minimum parking requirements. City staffers say the code is "outdated" and "dysfunctional."