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Sandpoint commission recommends parking code overhaul to city council with directed edits
Summary
The Sandpoint Planning & Zoning Commission on June 17 voted to recommend an overhaul of the city's off-street parking and loading ordinance to City Council, asking staff to incorporate several edits on bicycle parking, shared-parking agreements and fee language before council review.
The Sandpoint Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended amendments to the city—s off-street parking and loading ordinance to City Council on June 17, asking staff to incorporate several targeted edits before the council hearing.
City Planner Bill Dean summarized the proposal as a comprehensive cleanup and substantive update to the parking code tied to the city—s parking-management work. "The 3 big things that this ordinance really does is that it creates requirements for off street parking and commercial a for residential with an in lieu option," Dean said, describing three headline changes: a residential in-lieu option to reduce on-site parking requirements in some circumstances, expansion of the downtown parking-exempt area by about 14 acres (roughly 25-26 parcels) along Superior as the city entry corridor, and clarified standards requiring alleys to be paved when development intensifies beyond a small threshold.
Other key provisions include clearer…
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