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Mill Valley council introduces overhaul of parking rules aimed at easing downtown development
Summary
City staff presented a rewrite of Title 20 parking rules that reduces commercial parking ratios, exempts small uses and small expansions, and modernizes EV, bike and ADA standards; council voted to introduce the ordinance and waive first reading, with second reading scheduled for Nov. 17.
A majority of the Mill Valley City Council on a unanimous voice vote introduced a zoning ordinance to modernize the city’s parking requirements and waived the first reading.
City planning staff, led by Director Patrick Kelly, said the draft ordinance reorganizes parking regulations into a new chapter, aligns parking ratios with measured demand from a May 2025 parking study, and reduces parking burdens for many commercial uses. “The recommendation is introduction and to waive the first reading of a proposed ordinance,” Kelly told the council as he walked members through examples…
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