HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O05-11ORDINANCE NO. O0~-11
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17.40 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE
TO ELIMINATE THE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT IN
THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ZONE OF LAUREL
WHEREAS, the City of Laurel recognizes the importance of having a viable and sound
business district in its downtown area and that such recognition requires support ~om the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Laurel wishes to help business expansion and new business
development in its downtown area and such support is formally adopted in Laurel's Growth
Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, requiring new or expanding businesses in Laurel's Central Business District
Zone, which comprises the City's downtown, to provide for off-street parking is seen as onerous and
an impediment to such businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board, acting as the City Zoning
Commission, has proposed elimination o f such off-street parking requirement in the Central Business
District Zone and conducted a duly advertised public hearing on June 2, 2005 at which no objection
was presented; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Laurel also held a duly advertised public hearing on August
16, 2005 at which the proposal to eliminate such off-street parking requirement was considered as was
the recommendation from the City Zoning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Laurel hereby finds it is in the best interests of the
residents of Laurel to approve this change.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana that Chapter
17.40.020(D) of the Laurel Municipal Code is hereby replaced with the following:
"Tbat portion of the city zoned central business district (CBD) shall not have any off-street
parking requirements provided, however, that the owners of expanded or new structures must
consider the off-street parking needs of their projects."
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days aflcer final passage by the City Council
and approved by the Mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on
September 20,2005byAlderperson Easton
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading this
dayof November ,2005, upon motion ofAlderperson East:on
1st
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 1st
.day of November ,2005.
O05-11 CBD Off-Street Parking Requirement
ATTEST:
M~'y K.~mbl~on, Clerk-Treasun
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Elk River Law Office, P.L.L.P.
//I~nneth E. Ols~n, Jr~ayor
O05-11 CBD Off-Street Parking Requirement