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Middletown committee discusses cutting downtown parking minimums to spur Union Street infill
Summary
The Middletown Legislative Committee heard a mayoral proposal to reduce required parking in the downtown mixed-use (DMU) zone to 1.5 spaces per one- and two-bedroom unit to enable a planned Union Street infill project and to prompt broader zoning review; no zoning change was adopted at the meeting.
Middletown — At a Legislative Committee meeting, the mayor proposed reducing required parking in the downtown mixed-use (DMU) zone to 1.5 spaces per one- and two-bedroom unit to enable a planned Union Street infill project and to start a broader review of downtown bulk standards.
The change is intended as a short-term step to allow an investor who is “ready to move on the project” to proceed, while the city conducts a longer review of downtown zoning, lot-coverage rules and other requirements, the mayor said. The committee did not adopt a zoning change at the meeting; members discussed next steps including a public hearing and input from the Planning Board.
The mayor told the committee the city’s 2017 strategic investment plan recommended a parking-management study and suggested the Planning Board be allowed to reduce required parking by up to 50 percent when developers document shared parking or demand-management measures within 500 feet. The mayor said the city implemented some…
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