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Sanford commission weighs reopening 2023 downtown parking vesting period after low response to city outreach
Summary
City staff told commissioners that only five businesses completed the 2023 vested-rights paperwork for informal outdoor seating; commissioners asked staff to draft rules for reopening the vesting window and to analyze impacts on current development and a fee-in-lieu option.
The Sanford City Commission on June 9 revisited downtown parking regulations adopted in 2023 and asked staff to draft rules for reopening a now-expired vested-rights window that had allowed some businesses to “vest” informal outdoor seating established during COVID.
City planning staff and commissioners said the 2023 change (Schedule H) created a downtown parking matrix and a short-lived vesting process that required businesses to show evidence of outdoor seating within a six-month window. Eileen, a planning staff member, told the commission that staff mailed 21 letters to businesses they believed had informal outdoor seating, published notices, attended business-group meetings and held multiple hearings; five vested-rights orders were issued for locations on Myrtle Avenue, Palmetto Avenue and Sanford Avenue (locations…
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