After seven committee meetings the proposed parking ordinance is taking the next step; review by the City of Apopka.
The final draft of the proposed parking ordinance is on the agenda for tomorrow's Development Review Committee (DRC), meeting. The DRC meets at 9:00 AM in City Hall.
The currently proposed parking ordinance has something for everyone. On-street parking will be legal in Apopka for the first time in four years and individual HOAs will have the power to ban on-street parking in their neighborhood.
The Parking Ordinance Advisory Committee began a series of bi-weekly meetings back in July. At that meeting and all subsequent meetings Chief Mike McKinley established the following basic criteria:
The current draft of the proposed parking ordinance is posted on the City's website. Use this link to download the draft ordinance. The proposed ordinance is 18 pages long, but the part that will be of interest to most is found int he first 4 pages.
The rules in the proposed ordinance parallel those establish by the Florida Statues. Use this link to look at those regulations.
Under the proposed ordinance on-street parking would be allowed, but would be regulated. Some of those regulations would be:
By far the most interesting provision will be found in paragraph 7 of Section 78-39 on page 4.
Parking can be totally prohibited in a neighborhood if the majority of the members of the HOA so vote and if the HOA pays to have No-Parking signs installed.
If the DRC signs-off on the proposed ordinance it will go to the City Council.
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