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Winooski Council approves revisions to Unified Land Use rules to comply with 'Act 1 81'; staff outlines shared-parking safeguards
Summary
Councilors voted to approve amendments to the Unified Land Use and Development Regulations to implement provisions the transcript identifies as 'Act 1 81,' allowing off-site parking counting and conversions of motels/hotels to housing. Planning staff described recording shared-parking agreements and contingency checks to avoid overcommitment.
The Winooski City Council voted Monday to adopt amendments to the Unified Land Use and Development Regulations to implement measures described in the meeting as ‘‘Act 1 81,’’ including allowing off-site parking to count toward parking minimums and enabling hotel-to-housing conversions.
Revi (staff member) told councilors the changes are a ‘‘straightforward revision’’ that requires shared-parking agreements to be recorded in land records and reviewed at development application time to prevent over-commitment of spaces.
‘‘With any sort of parking to meet that utilizes off-site lot, there would have to be a shared parking agreement ... and that would…
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