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Garden City planning commission reopens debate on residential parking rules, asks staff for clearer language and graphics
Summary
The commission reviewed proposed zoning text clarifying where vehicles may park on residential lots, flagged ambiguity in the current language that allows hard-surface parking and driveway widths up to 20 feet, and asked staff to provide revised language, graphics and enforcement history at a future meeting.
Garden City’s Planning Commission spent much of its Feb. 12 meeting probing proposed changes to the city’s residential parking rules and asked staff to return with clearer ordinance text and illustrative graphics.
Staff presenter Ortega told the commission the amendments aim to clarify where hard-surface parking is permitted on residential lots. Ortega said the current ordinance permits vehicles to park on a hard surface and that, as written, a driveway can be up to 20 feet wide and located in front of a house. That phrasing, Ortega said, left room for differing interpretations by the building department and created a…
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