The government is working on abolishing the obligation to build a certain number of parking spaces accompanying the construction of new apartments – according to the draft amendment to the Act on special solutions related to removing the effects of floods, published on Monday. However, changes in regulations apply not only to flood areas, but to the entire country and all new investments. Now the limits are to be set by municipalities.
The draft amendment was published on Monday in the chapter on proposed solutions for construction and housing, it assumes the repeal of two provisions of the Act on facilitating the preparation and implementation of housing investments and accompanying investments.
No more obligation to build parking lots
The first of those proposed for repeal the regulations stipulate that for a residential investment the minimum number of parking spaces is at least 1.5 times the number of apartments provided for in this investment.
The second regulation that would be repealed stipulates that for a residential investment located in the city center development area, the minimum number of parking spaces is at least equal to the number of apartments in this investment.
“The amendment to the Act of July 5, 2018 on facilitating the preparation and implementation of housing investments and accompanying investments, hereinafter referred to as the 'Special Housing Act', is intended to resignation from determining the minimum ratio of the number of parking spaces at the national level intended to be implemented as part of a housing investment located using the tools introduced by this Act,” we read in the draft.
The project also assumes that the commune council may specify the number of parking spaces for a given housing investment in urban planning standards. Currently, the local government can determine the number of places, provided that it is greater than that provided for in the act.
According to the Regulatory Impact Assessment, changes to these regulations are requested by both investors and local governments, because their current wording limits the ability of the commune to modify the indicator and adapt it to local conditions. “The current wording of the regulations constitutes a significant barrier to the development of municipal and social housing,” it was noted in the OSR.
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