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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2015-04 (OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING)
AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA'S COUNCIL AMENDING ARTICLE 7, SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, CHAPTER 2, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
REQUEST: Approval of a Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) amending Article 7, Chapter 2, Off-Street Parking and Loading of the Wellington Land Development Regulations (LDR).
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EXPLANATION: A Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) to Article 7 Chapter 2. Off-street Parking and Loading of the Land Development Regulations is being proposed by staff. The code was initially modeled after Palm Beach County's Unified Land Development Regulations. The overall code update is being done incrementally by Article and Chapter. This amendment is designed to achieve several objectives: (1) general "update" of the chapter, (2) simplification of the off-street parking and loading requirements by use; and (3) overall reduction of the code.
Below are the significant changes to the parking requirements:
Residential Parking Ratios - For residential the current parking ratio requirement is based on a per unit ratio and includes an additional requirement for guest parking in multi-family areas. The current code requires two spaces per unit for single family residential. Parking spaces for multi-family are based on the number of bedrooms within each unit. For multi-family residential, parking spaces are required at 1.25 spaces per efficiency unit, 1.75 spaces per one or two bedroom and two spaces per unit with three or more bedrooms. The recommendation is to simplify the multi-family parking requirement by making it the same as single family at two parking spaces per unit. Also an additional space is required for all residential units with four (4) or more bedrooms. The multi-family is still required to provide addi...
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