Title
Recommend Approval of Draft Amendments to Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-7 Off-Street Parking and Loading Space Regulations to improve environmental quality in Alameda and implement the City of Alameda Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and Transportation Choices Plan (Action)
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Transportation Commission
July 28, 2021
Item #6C
(ACTION)
Recommend Approval of Draft Amendments to Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-7 Off-Street Parking and Loading Space Regulations to improve environmental quality in Alameda and implement the City of Alameda Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and Transportation Choices Plan.
To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Transportation Commission
From: Brian McGuire, Planner
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report recommends a comprehensive set of amendments to the City of Alameda Off-Street Parking and Loading Space Regulations to implement adopted actions, programs, and strategies calling for the changes in the City of Alameda Transportation Choices Plan, City of Alameda Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) and the City of Alameda 2015-2023 Housing Element.
The proposed amendments are attached as Exhibit 1. The current regulations, for comparison purposes, are attached as Exhibit 2.
Staff is recommending that the Transportation Commission and the community review the draft amendments and provide direction for any additional changes that should be made before the ordinance is presented to the City Council. Staff intends to return to the Planning Board in September with the final draft ordinance for final Planning Board consideration and recommendation.
BACKGROUND
Section 30-7 of the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) establishes requirements for off-street parking areas in new development for the storage of private automobiles and bicycles by project occupants or visitors,
National and regional studies have shown that these types of off-street automobile parking requirements can significantly increase th...
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