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Nags Head OKs state-mandated cut to parking-space width, council notes beach-town concerns
Summary
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 1 to amend the town's Unified Development Ordinance, reducing minimum parking-space widths from 10 feet to 9 feet to comply with changes in North Carolina law; staff and commissioners expressed concern about impacts on large vehicles and turnover in a beach community.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 1 to adopt a staff-drafted text amendment to the town's Unified Development Ordinance that reduces the standard minimum parking-space width from 10 feet to 9 feet, aligning the town code with recent changes to the North Carolina General Statutes.
Planning and Development Director Kelly Wyatt told the board the statutory change forces local governments to adopt the narrower standard except for accessible, parallel or diagonal stalls.…
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