City Council could increase required bicycle parking along with removing parking minimums when it considers a November resolution that will finalize the removal of parking minimums from the Land Development Code.
The Urban Transportation Commission voted to recommend Council adopt the ordinance changes on parking minimums called for in a May resolution and in most cases requiring bicycle parking spaces at a mix of 10 percent of the number of parking spaces included in new building projects, the Austin Monitor reported. It approved the recommendation at its October 3 meeting.
The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the ordinance language at tonight’s meeting, with Council’s November 2 meeting as the likely date for possible final approval.
City’s transportation department project manager Dan Hennessey spoke to the commission about details of where changes in the development code will be concentrated and said there are a small number of changes regarding development in the extraterritorial jurisdiction that will need approval from Travis County officials, who have expressed support but haven’t yet scheduled sessions to consider and adopt those changes.
