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By Andrew Restuccia
Posted: 9/24/07, 10:10 PM EST Section: News
The city of Syracuse is taking a new approach to correcting the parking problems in the neighborhood surrounding the university.
The Common Council will debate a proposal Thursday at 5:30 p.m. to amend the city zoning regulations to limit on-site parking in residential areas.
Under the proposal, all new absentee landlords in the university area's Special Neighborhood District, which includes the area east of campus, will have to provide one parking space for each bedroom, but no more than three spaces in a single-family house.
The consequence of the amendment is that it lowers the number of people who can live in a house in the university area. It should only apply to new absentee landlords, but some veteran landlords could be affected if they do not have the proper paperwork filed.
City Zoning Administrator Charles Ladd said the amendment will lower the number of absentee landlords who are able to rent to students. In doing so, parking congestion will decrease over time.
"That area was reviewed as having a parking congestion problem, and it still does," Ladd said.
Kenneth Balamut, a planner in the zoning department, discussed the amendment at the Sept. 19 Common Council study session. Stephanie Miner, councilor-at-large, called for a committee hearing to discuss the proposal further.
The amendment will be discussed at a Common Council committee hearing Thursday. A vote is scheduled to take place at the following regular Common Council meeting on Oct. 9.
The amendment, proposed by the zoning department, limits single-family houses across the city to 918 square feet of off-street parking space. Maximum driveway size is currently based on a percentage.
The new number translates to roughly three parking spaces, with space in front of each one to pull out, according to zoning department figures. The number increases proportionally for two-family houses.
The second part of the amendment targets the Special Neighborhood District, which includes the area south of East Genesee Street, north of Colvin Street, east of Comstock Avenue and west of Westmoreland Avenue.
The Common Council will debate a proposal Thursday at 5:30 p.m. to amend the city zoning regulations to limit on-site parking in residential areas.
Under the proposal, all new absentee landlords in the university area's Special Neighborhood District, which includes the area east of campus, will have to provide one parking space for each bedroom, but no more than three spaces in a single-family house.
The consequence of the amendment is that it lowers the number of people who can live in a house in the university area. It should only apply to new absentee landlords, but some veteran landlords could be affected if they do not have the proper paperwork filed.
City Zoning Administrator Charles Ladd said the amendment will lower the number of absentee landlords who are able to rent to students. In doing so, parking congestion will decrease over time.
"That area was reviewed as having a parking congestion problem, and it still does," Ladd said.
Kenneth Balamut, a planner in the zoning department, discussed the amendment at the Sept. 19 Common Council study session. Stephanie Miner, councilor-at-large, called for a committee hearing to discuss the proposal further.
The amendment will be discussed at a Common Council committee hearing Thursday. A vote is scheduled to take place at the following regular Common Council meeting on Oct. 9.
The amendment, proposed by the zoning department, limits single-family houses across the city to 918 square feet of off-street parking space. Maximum driveway size is currently based on a percentage.
The new number translates to roughly three parking spaces, with space in front of each one to pull out, according to zoning department figures. The number increases proportionally for two-family houses.
The second part of the amendment targets the Special Neighborhood District, which includes the area south of East Genesee Street, north of Colvin Street, east of Comstock Avenue and west of Westmoreland Avenue.
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Retrovirus
posted 9/25/07 @ 8:20 AM EST
Ya know what? If the police would simply reinforce EXISTING parking laws around the University, we wouldn't need another amendment.
P
posted 9/25/07 @ 9:50 AM EST
The main problem is that during the week a lot of students park in the residential area to go to class. But what other choice do they have? The lots with cheap permits have been replaced with new buildings, and new parking garages have been built to compensate--for $14 a day parking! They rip students off and it's just easier to go park off of Euclid somewhere. (Continued…)
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