To end a tax exemption for developers building parking
From the council's minutes of the meeting: "Report No. 308/2022 of the Assistant Chief Executive (R. Shakespeare) - Draft Section 48 Development Contribution Scheme 2023-2026.
"The following amendment to Report 308/2022 was proposed by Councillors Michael Pigeon, Hazel Chu, Donna Cooney, Claire Byrne, Janet Horner, Dearbháil Butler, Carolyn Moore, Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy and Deputy Lord Mayor Darcy Lonergan:
"In point 10 ('Circumstances where no contribution or a reduced contribution apply'), remove the bullet points reading 'Ancillary uncovered surface car parking'; and 'Residential ancillary car parking';
"In point 11, ('The following development will be liable for a reduced rate of
development contributions under the Scheme'), remove the bullet point reading
'Commercial non-surface ancillary car parking and commercial undercroft car parking, will be calculated at 75% of the applicable rate of contribution';
"In point 11, ('The following development will be liable for a reduced rate of
development contributions under the Scheme'), add a bullet point reading 'Residential ancillary car parking, will be calculated at 25% of the applicable rate of contribution';
"In point 9, Note 2, remove the phrase 'With the exception of ancillary non-residential surface car parking', so that the opening sentence of Note 2 reads 'The floor area of proposed development shall be calculated as the gross floor area.'
"In point 9, at the end of Note 2, append the phrase: 'In all cases, the floor area of
proposed development shall be calculated to include car parking'.
"The motion was put to a vote and carried [by roll-call vote] ... It was [then] proposed by Councillor Paddy McCartan and seconded by Councillor Mannix Flynn that Dublin City Council adopt Report No. 308/2022 The Draft Section 48 Development Contribution Scheme 2023-26 as amended. The motion was put and carried" by voice vote.
Passed
37 for
21 against
5 December '22
Votes
For
37
Racheal Batten
Janice Boylan
Dearbháil Butler
Claire Byrne
Danny Byrne
Mary Callaghan
Daniel Céitinn
Hazel Chu
Caroline Conroy
Donna Cooney
Joe Costello
Deirdre Cronin
Tara Deacy
Hazel De Nortúin
Máire Devine
Kevin Donoghue
Daithí Doolan
Pat Dunne
Mary Freehill
Alison Gilliland
Janet Horner
Vincent Jackson
Dermot Lacey
Darcy Lonergan
John Lyons
Mícheál Mac Donncha
Séamas McGrattan
Declan Meenagh
Carolyn Moore
Darragh Moriarty
Sophie Nicoullaud
Cat O'Driscoll
Larry O'Toole
Michael Pidgeon
Noeleen Reilly
Patricia Roe
Catherine Stocker
Against
21
Daryl Barron
Tom Brabazon
Christy Burke
Keith Connolly
Deirdre Conroy
Daithí de Róiste
Declan Flanagan
Terence Flanagan
Mannix Flynn
James Geoghegan
Deirdre Heney
Briege Mac Oscar
Ray McAdam
Paddy McCartan
Eimer McCormack
Claire O'Connor
Damian O'Farrell
Naoise Ó Muirí
Colm O'Rourke
Nial Ring
Michael Watters