§ 61.344. Downtown Parking Program.

(a)

The Parking Facilities shall be constructed from the payments to the Parking System Revenue Fund (Parking Fund) pursuant to this Part. The Program shall be administered by the Director of Transportation as part of the overall City of Orlando Parking System.

(b)

Parking System Revenue Fund (Parking Fund).

(1)

The Parking Fund shall be established by the Orlando City Council at the time of the payment for the first parking space in the Program.

(2)

The amount of the payment to the Parking Fund shall be determined by the average cost to the City for the construction of a parking space in a parking garage on a Program-wide basis. The average total cost shall be determined by the Director of Transportation. The costs shall include actual costs and fees for design, legal, engineering, actual construction, inspection, finance, and planning, and may include land costs.

(3)

The total payment to the Parking Fund shall be made as follows:

a.

The total payment to the Parking Fund for parking spaces provided in the Program shall be made in four equal quarterly payments, with the first such payment to be presented to the City at the time the building permit is issued, or according to the terms of a parking payment agreement executed between the City and the landowner.

b.

The total payment to the Parking Fund for bonus parking spaces provided on-site shall be made in one payment, to be presented at the time the building permit is issued, or according to the terms of a parking payment agreement executed between the City and the landowner.

c.

Notwithstanding the above, any payment pursuant to a parking payment agreement shall be made prior to the issuance of the initial Certificate of Occupancy for the principal building. All required parking spaces provided on-site shall be available for use prior to the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy. Spaces provided in the Program shall be available at the time of issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy; or at a subsequent date, as outlined in the parking payment agreement.

(4)

The payment to the Parking Fund shall be used for the following:

a.

Acquire, construct or develop off-street parking facilities on an interim or ultimate basis;

b.

Fund the capital costs associated with new, upgraded and/or expanded off-street parking facilities serving land uses within the Downtown Parking Area;

c.

Acquisition of land for present and future parking garage construction or interim uses; or

d.

Reimburse capital costs or advances, or related financing costs, for spaces in existing or to be constructed parking facilities, which are designated or set aside for the Program.

(5)

The landowner, or its designee, of each parking space shall be responsible for the average monthly operation and maintenance costs for each space provided in the parking facilities of the Program and, a reasonable and equitable allocation of shuttle costs for the Transit System in subsection (c) below, and other administrative costs (collectively O & M Costs). The payment of O & M costs shall begin at the time of issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy or at a date agreed to in the parking payment agreement.

(6)

The Transportation Official is hereby delegated the responsibility to establish administrative rules and procedures for the implementation of this Part. The procedures shall include, but not be limited to allocation of spaces, assessment of operations, maintenance and commuter costs, and supervision. These procedures shall be presented by resolution to the City Council for review and initial approval. The administrative procedures shall be reviewed and revised from time to time, at least every five years, and presented by resolution to City Council for approval.

(Ord. No. 2010-33, § 1, 8-30-2010, Doc. #1008301102; Ord. No. 2019-10 , § 5, 3-25-2019, Doc. #1903251201)