Title
An Ordinance amending Chapter 7 (the "Unified Development Code" or "UDC") of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, as related to minimum parking requirements in applicable transit service areas.
Presenter:
Michael Montgomery, Deputy City Council Administrator
Body
Summary:
The City of Colorado Springs' Minimum Parking Requirements in Applicable Transit Service Areas Ordinance (see Attachment 1 - Ordinance) is being proposed in response to state-mandated legislation. House Bill 24-1304 (HB24-1304) mandates that a municipality shall neither enact nor enforce local laws that establish a minimum parking requirement that applies to a land use approval within the municipality's boundary for a multifamily residential development, adaptive reuse for residential purposes, or adaptive reuse for mixed-use purposes which includes at least fifty percent residential on land located at least partially within an applicable transit service area, as designated and defined by C.R.S ? 29-36-101, et. al. and identified in a map maintained by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (see Attachment 3 - Map). In response, this UDC Text Amendment includes the addition of a newly proposed parking exempt area that directly references the bills applicability and limitations.
Background:
In May of 2024 HB24-1304 ( see Attachment 2 - Bill) was signed into law, prohibiting subject municipalities, including Colorado Springs, on or after June 30, 2025, from enacting or enforcing minimum parking requirements that apply to a land use approval for a multi-family residential development, adaptive reuse for residential purposes, or adaptive reuse for mixeduse purposes which include at least 50% of the use for residential purposes. The land use approvals affected by this legislation are within, as applicable, the area of the municipality, within a metropolitan planning organization, and at least partially within an applicable transit service area. An appl...
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