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Commissioners question $2,000 'fee‑in‑lieu' and recommend adjusting parking metrics
Summary
Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission said a $2,000 fee‑in‑lieu for downtown parking is too low and suggested leaving the fee to village‑board determination; they also recommended extending the allowable walking distance from 300 feet to 400–800 feet and discussed shared‑parking concepts.
During discussion of the neighborhood commercial (B‑1) draft, a commissioner criticized the draft's $2,000 fee‑in‑lieu for parking and urged that the village board set the fee rather than hard‑coding a number in the zoning code. The commissioner said $2,000 would encourage developers to avoid building parking and place the burden on the village, noting that surface‑lot stall costs in Hampshire run higher than $6,000 per stall.
On the parking‑distance measure the commission reviewed the existing 300‑foot standard (a carryover from the 1980s). Members suggested 400 feet as a more reasonable baseline and discussed up to 800 feet in lower‑service contexts; one commissioner also introduced shared‑parking as a downtown strategy to reduce total stall counts.
Staff said it had reduced the 300‑foot standard in the draft and will update the chart to reflect commissioner preferences. No fee change or numeric amendment was adopted at the meeting; commissioners discussed leaving the fee amount open for the village board to set, and asked staff to provide comparisons used in other towns to better calibrate the fee.
