Toward a Common Parking Policy: A Cross-Jurisdictional Matrix Comparison of Municipal Off-Street Parking Regulations in Metropolitan Dade County,Florida

Abstract

Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) were developed to promote regional approaches to transportation problems in large metropolitan areas. However, one particular aspect of the overall transportation picture—off-street parking requirements—has generally been left to local municipal regulation without a conscious effort to integrate local parking policies into areawide transportation programs. In an effort to promote regional approaches that take into account the impact of parking policies on transportation problems, a study was designed to show in matrix form the cross-jurisdictional similarities and differences in off-street parking requirements as regulated by local municipal zoning ordinances in a typical multijurisdictional setting. In addition, the study highlighted several basic overall parking policy aspects that may serve as starting points in the consensual development of a regional parking policy for metropolitan areas such as Dade County under the aegis of an MPO.

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