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Durham County has made it easier to build dense development. Here are the new rules.
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.
·newsobserver.com·
Durham County has made it easier to build dense development. Here are the new rules.
Austin eliminates parking requirements for new developments to make city more affordable, sustainable
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....
·thedailytexan.com·
Austin eliminates parking requirements for new developments to make city more affordable, sustainable
Bike parking gets support in Urban Transportation Commission's call to end parking requirements - Austin Monitor
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…
·austinmonitor.com·
Bike parking gets support in Urban Transportation Commission's call to end parking requirements - Austin Monitor
Eric Adams Pitches End to Parking Mandates
Eric Adams Pitches End to Parking Mandates
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 […]
·therealdeal.com·
Eric Adams Pitches End to Parking Mandates
After the Minimum Parking Requirement
After the Minimum Parking Requirement
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 ...
·tandfonline.com·
After the Minimum Parking Requirement