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Pensacola advisory board urges tighter coastal resiliency and questions parking minimums as LDC update proceeds
Summary
At a meeting of the City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board, members discussed the Land Development Code (LDC) update led by the INSPIRE process, focusing on eliminating or reducing parking minimums, infusing coastal resiliency requirements across the code, and scheduling an April workshop to draft formal recommendations.
At a meeting of the City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board, members spent the largest portion of their agenda discussing the INSPIRE-led update to the city's Land Development Code and whether the city should eliminate or reduce parking minimums and more firmly embed coastal resiliency standards.
Board members said changes to parking rules could enable denser, more walkable development downtown while also creating space for trees and other green infrastructure. "Elimination of parking minimums allows for denser urban development," said Mark, board member, arguing that requiring fixed parking amounts forces developers to devote land to surface lots even when demand does not…
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