https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-to-scrap-parking-requirements-near-frequent-public-transit-stops/>Cleveland will exempt new developments from city requirements to provide off-street parking for residents, employees and customers in areas with frequent public transit. >City Council on Wednesday night approved the plan, which Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration believes will encourage denser development and alternatives to driving cars. >“Dedicating land, especially land near transit, to surface parking pushes land uses further from each other,” Moss told council. “This is a vicious cycle that cities like Cleveland have been stuck in for decades.”>Under the new scheme, developers would skip the parking requirement and instead invest in other forms of transportation – such as bike parking, transit passes for tenants or pro-pedestrian streetscape improvements. Cleveland’s City Planning Commission would review developers’ proposals>The policy will apply in parts of the city within a quarter mile – or five-minute walk – of a high-frequency transit stop, in which a bus or train makes an appearance every 15 minutes. >Bibb has embraced a planning philosophy – known as the “15-minute city” – that residents should be able to find daily amenities within a short walk, bike ride or transit trip from their homes. Austin Davis, a senior policy advisor to the mayor, told Signal Cleveland that the new parking policy forms the “backbone” of Bibb’s 15-minute city proposal. >Council signed off on the legislation without dissent>The new policy will take effect six months after the legislation’s passage, giving city officials time to design the program, Moss said. Where do we get more mayors like Bibb? Seriously someone finally get's it and goes all in rather than waits for it to happen.