Title
Public Hearing - Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Parking Reductions for Multifamily Developments - Z-TA-8-23-Y (Ordinance G-7161)
Description
Request to hold a public hearing on a proposed text amendment Z-TA-8-23-Y and to request City Council approval per the Planning Commission recommendation which amends Chapter 2, Section 202 (Definitions) to add definitions for affordable housing, passenger loading space, passenger loading zone, and revise parking space, unreserved; amend Chapter 6, Section 608.J (Density Bonus For Low or Moderate Income Housing); amend Chapter 7, Sections 702.C (Parking Requirements) and Section 702.E (Modifications to Parking Requirements); and amend Chapter 13, Section 1307 (Parking Standards) to modify the parking requirements for multifamily, single-family attached, and affordable housing, and add requirements for passenger loading zones.
Report
Summary
The intent of the proposed text amendment is to reduce parking requirements for multi-family developments. Related definitions have been revised and/or deleted, with new definitions provided as necessary; “passenger loading space” and “passenger loading zone” has been added for use with the Walkable Urban code, together with proposed development standards; and parking requirements have been reduced for multifamily developments as detailed in the Staff Report (Attachment B).
Applicant: City of Phoenix, Planning Commission
Representative: City of Phoenix, Planning and Development Department
Staff Recommendation: Approval of Z-TA-8-23-Y as shown in Exhibit A of the Staff Report (Attachment B).
VPC Info: Eleven of the 15 Village Planning Committees (VPCs) heard this item for information only throughout June, as reflected in Attachments C and D.
VPC Action: Fourteen VPCs considered the request. Four VPCs recommended approval, per the staff recommendation; two VPCs recommended approval, per the staff recommendation, with modifications; and nine VPCs recommended denial, as reflected in Attachments C and E.
PC Info: The Planning Commission heard this item on June 1, 2023, for information only (Attachment F).
PC Action: The Planning Commission heard this item on Aug. 3, 2023, and recommended approval, per the staff recommendation (in the Staff Report) with modifications, by a vote of 6-2, as reflected in Attachment G.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Planning and Development Department.