Proposed Change to Parking Fee Review Process

Original title: Amendment to the Land Development Regulations, Parking Management Advisory Board (File PZ-000164-2025): Provide a recommendation to the City Commission on Ordinance No. 23-25, a City-initiated amendment to Section 2.4.11, “Relief,” Subsection (F), “In-Lieu of parking fee request,” of the Land Development Regulations (LDR) to eliminate the role of the Parking Management Advisory Board (PMAB) in reviewing in-lieu of parking fee requests. Applicant: City of Delray Beach Planner: Rebekah Dasari, AICP, Principal Planner

Record date · September 16, 2025

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What This Bill Does

The City of Delray Beach is considering an amendment to its land development regulations that would remove the Parking Management Advisory Board from the process of reviewing 'in-lieu' parking fee requests. This change would shift the review authority for these requests away from the advisory board.

Why it matters

This change alters the administrative process for developers or property owners who pay fees instead of providing required parking, removing one layer of advisory oversight from the city's review procedure.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Property developers

Developers seeking to pay parking fees instead of building spaces will no longer have their requests reviewed by the Parking Management Advisory Board.

Directly affected

Parking Management Advisory Board

The board loses its advisory review authority over in-lieu parking fee requests.

Key Facts

The proposal seeks to amend Section 2.4.11, Subsection (F) of the Land Development Regulations.
The amendment eliminates the role of the Parking Management Advisory Board (PMAB) in reviewing 'in-lieu of parking' fee requests.
The amendment is City-initiated.
The Planning and Zoning Board is tasked with providing a recommendation to the City Commission regarding this ordinance.

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The file number for this administrative action is 25-1153.
The item was introduced on September 3, 2025.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an 'in-lieu' parking fee?

It is a fee paid by a property owner or developer to the city as an alternative to providing the required number of on-site parking spaces.

Will the Parking Management Advisory Board still exist?

The document only states that the board's role in reviewing these specific fee requests would be eliminated; it does not state the board is being dissolved.

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