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Cedar Falls reduces parking requirement for studio and one‑bedroom units to encourage affordability
Summary
Council approved a change reducing required parking for studio and one‑bedroom apartments to one space per unit (plus visitor stalls), a move staff said will lower development costs and reduce required pavement on some sites.
The Cedar Falls City Council on Oct. 6 voted to reduce parking requirements for studio and one‑bedroom apartments, lowering the typical requirement from roughly two spaces per unit to one space per unit (with visitor parking requirements preserved in the code).
Planning staff said the city's current rules produce some mismatches — for example, studios and one‑bedroom units were effectively subject to…
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