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City enforcement update: Ybor City paid parking lots largely meet new security and reporting rules, several remain in violation
Summary
Code enforcement and historic preservation staff told council 31 paid parking lots in the Ybor local historic district must file annual operation and security plans; most have complied but several remain noncompliant and are in enforcement.
City staff reported progress enforcing recent code changes for paid parking lots in Ybor City’s local historic district and said most operators have filed the newly required annual operation and security plans.
Dennis Fernandez (Historic Preservation) and code enforcement staff summarized follow-up after the October code changes that require paid parking lots to submit annual operation/security plans and conform to certificate-of-appropriateness layout and appearance standards. Fernandez said 31 lots must file the operation/security plan; as of the March/April report 18 reports had been received and 15 verified as complete. Staff said 13 lots were cited in February for failing to file the required report and that a subset of lots remains under active enforcement, with a hearing scheduled in early June.
Fernandez said 24 enforcement cases were opened in 2024 related to certificates of appropriateness; by July many appeared before the code enforcement magistrate, with several dismissed and others found in violation. He said the Historic Preservation Commission recommended corrective measures and that enforcement continues; several lots have since returned to compliance through certificates of appropriateness or are under review.
Councilwoman Hertek asked staff to return with a bimonthly update for the neighborhood until compliance is achieved; staff said they will continue active outreach to operators and proceed to magistrate hearings where necessary.
