State law limits village's ability to require parking near transit; draft code reflects that change
Consultants told trustees that Illinois' recent 'People Over Parking' law prevents local minimum parking requirements within 0.5 mile of qualifying transit stations, so the draft eliminates minimums in those areas and retains ratios elsewhere.
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Arista told the board that early drafts considered eliminating minimum parking in commercial corridors, but state legislation intervened. "We were having debates regarding eliminating minimum parking requirements and then the state stepped in for all of Illinois, and passed the People Over Parking Act... within 0.5 mile of a qualifying transit station we can't put any parking requirements," she said.
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