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CRA - SPECIAL PARKING ALTERNATIVES FOR REDEVELOPMENT CENTERS
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Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) staff has been retained to assist the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) in updating and re-writing the Special Parking Alternatives for Redevelopment Centers (SPARC) program. This process included presentations to all six Neighborhood Advisory Committees. Each committee has recommended, with input, that the program be approved by the CRA Board and recommended that it move forward to the Local Planning Agency and the Martin County Board of County Commissioners.
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BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The Special Parking Alternative for Redevelopment Centers (SPARC) program was established in 2007 as Section 3.260.G., Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code (LDRs), and was brought forward into Article 12 in 2021. The program was developed in recognition that the compact and integrated form of development which is encouraged in the designated Community Redevelopment Areas is often better accomplished with off-site parking, such as on-street parking and public parking lots. The SPARC program provides a mechanism for property owners to satisfy a portion of their parking requirements by making a payment into a specified SPARC fund, with the resulting revenue to fund enhancements to the transportation and mobility network within that Community Redevelopment Area. The SPARC Program is currently authorized to be used in all CRA areas through Article 12 of the Martin County Land Development Regulations (LDRs) and has been an active, although not frequently used, program in the CRA code for many years. However, in its present form, the SPARC Program does not operate effectively with the new LDRs, Land Use Designations and Zoning Districts, nor does the Program adequately address the needs of present and future redevelopment in the CRA areas. The proposed...
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