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Board flags parking, variances and public outreach as sticking points in code rewrite
Summary
Planning board members urged clearer parking standards, alternative compliance options to reduce frequent variances, and proactive outreach that meets residents where they are.
Planning Board members in DeLand spent substantial time discussing parking requirements, variance practices and community outreach methods as key issues for the land development regulations rewrite.
Several board members described parking as a recurrent challenge for downtown and infill projects. One member said the board has been creative about trading bicycle storage for reduced parking requirements but questioned whether parking demand figures used in the code are accurate. "Are we asking for too much parking? Are we not asking for enough parking?" the member asked.
Another member, Andre…
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