House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. 

Part I.

Amends GS 160D-702 by prohibiting a zoning or development regulation from requiring an off-street parking space to be larger than nine feet wide by 20 feet long, unless designated for handicap, parallel, or diagonal parking (was, require off-street vehicular parking to have a minimum width or length, unless the parking space is designed for handicap, parallel, or diagonal parking in the previous edition). Makes conforming and clarifying changes. 

Adds an appropriation of $5,000 for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce to assist in educating property owners on the financial opportunities related to adjusting the number of parking spaces within their parking lots to better align with actual, and anticipated, usage and thereby save possible unneeded expenditures. Effective July 1, 2025. 

Part II.

Makes a clarifying and conforming change in new GS 143-215.77B. 

Part III.

Removes Part III of the act which concerned limitations of local governments regarding stormwater requirements on redevelopment sites. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.