Bill > H162

This bill, titled "Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control," aims to restrict local governments' ability to regulate certain aspects of off-street parking and modify their authority regarding stormwater control for redeveloped properties. Specifically, it prevents local governments from requiring off-street parking spaces to be larger than 9 feet by 20 feet, unless designated for specific uses like handicap parking, and prohibits them from mandating a minimum number of parking spaces per development or structure, with exceptions for certain coastal areas and historic properties. Additionally, the bill clarifies that when existing development or "built-upon area" (defined as impervious surfaces like buildings and pavement) is redeveloped, local governments cannot require new or increased stormwater controls for that existing built-upon area, nor can they apply these requirements retroactively, unless mandated by federal law; instead, stormwater control requirements will only apply to any *net increase* in built-upon area, and existing built-upon area can be used on a square-foot-for-square-foot basis to reduce the area requiring new controls. The bill also allows local governments to offer non-mandatory incentives for developments that implement stormwater controls beyond the minimum requirements.