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Neptune Beach council approves parking-in-lieu changes, lowers on-time payment discount to 10%
Summary
The City Council amended and approved an ordinance and companion resolution revising the downtown payment-in-lieu program: it reduces the up-front discount for payment-in-full to 10%, establishes a 5-year payment plan option with a 20% initial payment, creates lease procedures for using city parking spaces for dumpsters, and requires masonry enclosures and a financial security mechanism for leased improvements.
The Neptune Beach City Council on first reading amended an ordinance and adopted a related resolution that revise how businesses can buy out required off-street parking in the Central Business District and how the city may lease parking spaces for uses such as dumpster placement.
Community Development Director Ms. Whitmore told the council the amendment updates the payment-in-lieu provisions first enacted in 2022 and formalized with a fee in 2023. Staff proposed incentives to encourage on-time lump-sum payments, a longer payment plan for businesses that cannot pay immediately, and a separate lease framework for businesses that want to encumber city spaces for dumpsters or other uses. Ms. Whitmore said the proposal eliminates…
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