Parking Reform: City Council Public Hearing

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 05/14/2025 09:30 AM CDT

Parking Reform Public Hearing, May 14th

City Council Public Hearing for Parking Reform on 5/14/25!

Last week, on May 7, 2025, Dallas Planning & Development briefed Dallas City Council on Parking Reform. View the video here.

Today, May 14, 2025, City Council Public Hearing for Parking Reform will be held to get public input. The Public Hearing will start no earlier than 1 p.m.. Tune in here.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Removing all mandates for any use located in historically designated/landmarked properties.
Removing parking mandates for offices and most retail uses.
Removing parking mandates for industrial and heavy commercial land uses except when next to a single-family home located in single-family zoning.
Reducing parking mandates for residential uses, including a tiered approach for multifamily developments, and a change in ratio from a “per bedroom” to a “per dwelling unit” requirement. Larger developments will be required to provide at last 1 space per dwelling unit, the medium ones will be required to provide at last ½ space per dwelling unit, and smaller developments under 20 dwelling units have no parking mandates. Reserved guest parking for medium and large developments is required, as well as areas for short-term parking for drop-off and pick-up.
Adding loading requirements for larger multifamily developments.
Reducing parking mandates for bars, restaurants, and commercial amusement inside uses.
Removing mandates for bars and restaurants under 2,500 square feet.
Removing mandates for institutional and recreation uses. But maintain mandates for places of worship over 20,000 square feet, and senior high schools.
Reducing parking mandates for single family and duplex uses when located in single family and duplex zoning to minimum one parking space per dwelling unit

Read the draft of CPC and City Council Economic Development Committee proposed amendment text here.

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