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Minimum Parking Requirements Zoning Amendment

Context

Zoning Ordinance Amendment on minimum parking requirements (ZA-2026-011) before the Planning Board.

Status

City Council received the Planning Board's report on 2026-09-08 and referred it to the Economic Development Committee (the minutes do not state the Planning Board's recommendation). Listed for Planning Board public hearing on 2026-08-05. Content of the amendment is not described on the agenda.

Log

  • 2026-09-08 - City Council - Planning Board report on the petition of Mark A. Borenstein (amend Zoning Ordinance Art. IV, Table 4.4 to merge the single/two/three-family and multi-family categories and require one off-street parking space per dwelling unit) referred to the Economic Development Committee 11-0. Likely the same matter as the Planning Board's August hearing, but the minutes do not give the ZA number; unconfirmed.
  • 2026-08-05 - Planning Board - Item 12: Zoning Ordinance Amendment public hearing (agenda only).
  • 2026-07-21 - City Council — Items 11a and 17e: Economic Development Committee Chairman's order asking the City Manager for a draft zoning amendment reducing minimum off-street parking requirements citywide (per testimony at the 2026-06-25 committee hearing) adopted; committee report on the Planning Board review of the City Manager's parking-minimums communication placed on file. May be a separate track from the ZA-2026-011 petition; the minutes do not say.