City of Dallas Calls for Volunteer Testing of Proposed Parking Code Amendments
The opportunity for Dallas builders and developers to register to volunteer and test a project, current or previous, to provide comparisons of what costs and challenges would be under the proposed parking code amendments versus Dallas’s current existing off-street parking and loading regulations will close on November 12.
After hearings were authorized by the Dallas City Plan Commission (CPC), the Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC) began discussions on the overview of management mechanisms that regulate parking and offering reductions in required parking ratios. However, that discussion has since evolved into concepts that include proposed costly requirements for a transportation demand management program, an accompanying points matrix with options that might be attainable as incentives for further reductions and other options that are just non-starters for consideration, and development design standard changes that interfere with form-based development code.
There is also a proposed green factor scoring matrix that would impact landscaping and tree preservation requirements. Many of those options appear to be provisions that would be beyond what is required in the city’s existing landscaping and tree preservation and mitigation code.
While Dallas BA understands the need for efficient travel and appropriate parking, it is important that any resulting regulations focus on actual parking requirements and not venture beyond the curb.
Members who develop and build in Dallas can review the documents and presentations from the city’s Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC).
https://bit.ly/ParkingCodeAmendments
If you are interested in volunteering to evaluate a project, contact the Dallas BA Director of Government Affairs by November 11 at David.Lehde@dallasbuilders.com.