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Senate committee hears bill to limit local parking minimums for small residential units
Summary
Representative Zolnikov told the Senate Local Government Committee that House Bill 492 would prohibit municipalities from imposing local parking minimums that differ from the bill’s residential standards, a change she said would reduce development costs and support more affordable housing.
Representative Zolnikov, sponsor of House Bill 492, told the Senate Local Government Committee that the bill would limit municipalities’ ability to impose parking minimums for many small residential units, arguing that parking requirements raise development costs and reduce housing affordability.
The bill would prohibit cities and towns from enforcing local parking minimums that differ from the bill’s residential standards on page 3, while explicitly preserving parking required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and carving out licensed child-care facilities and deed-restricted affordable housing from the new rule. Zolnikov also said the House removed an earlier provision that would have required local governments to compensate developers if they imposed higher parking requirements.
Supporters — including Jake Brown of Shelter Whitefish; an unnamed policy director from the Frontier Institute; Rebecca Myers of…
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