HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Provided Information - 7/8/2025 (5)WHAT DETERMINES PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS?
The number of parking spaces required for a property depends on its specific use (like single-
family homes, apartments, restaurants, retail stores, etc.) and the parking context, which is
determined by the zoning district the property is located in.
There are four different parking contexts; each one is briefly described below:
General Context
More auto -dependent in scale and
parking needs, with very little
transit access.
Properties in the General Context
have the highest minimum parking
requirements.
Urban Center
Dense, pedestrian -oriented development
within more intensely developed urban
centers, where pedestrian activity is
high and there is a moderate level of
transit access. The parking demand
in this context is higher than in the
Neighborhood Center Context, but lower
than areas with good transit service.
Neighborhood Center
Areas with small to moderate -scale
shopping, gathering, or activity spaces.
These areas are generally located
within residential neighborhoods
where visitors may be walking from
their homes or where there are high
frequency (every 15 minutes) bus routes
thereby reducing parking demand.
Transit Context
This category includes those zoning
districts that immediately surround
mass -transit facilities and/or are in
the downtown core. These areas have
the best transit service, and the lowest
parking demand, and so generally have
no minimum parking requirements.
New Developments: Must provide at least the minimum and no more than the maximum
number of parking spaces listed in Table 21A.44.040-A of the zoning ordinance,
"Minimum and Maximum Off -Street Parking."
Special Modifications: The minimum and maximum parking requirements may be adjusted for
things that can reduce or increase the actual parking needs for a property, like sharing parking stalls
among businesses with different peak demand times, affordable and senior housing with lower car
ownership, or being close to a TRAX station.
Below are some examples of uses and how many parking spaces are required
for that use within each parking context:
Minimum Parking Required
Studio and 1
Studio and 1+ Studio: No Min.
bedrooms:
bedrooms:
1 space per DU
1 space per DU 1 bedroom:
0.5 space per DU No Minimum
2+ bedrooms:
1.25 space per DU
2+ bedrooms:
I space per DU
2 spaces per 1,000 sq.,ft. of seating area No Minimum
3 spaces per 2 spaces per 1 space per No Minimum
1,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft. 1,000 sq. ft.
All Contexts:
Studio & 1
Bedroom:
2 spaces per DU
2+ bedrooms:
3 spaces per DU
Neighborhood,
Urban, and
Transit:
5 spaces per 1,000
sq. ft seating area
General:
7 spaces per
1,000 sq. ft.
seating area
All Contexts -
Outdoor
Seating Area:
4 spaces per
1,000 sq. ft.
General:
4 spaces per
1,000 sq. ft.
Neighborhood:
3 spaces per
1,000 sq. ft.
Urban & Transit:
2 spaces per
1,000 sq. ft.
DU= dwelling unit I sq. ft.= square feet
WHAT CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO CHAPTER 21 A.44?
Sections to be Removed:
Parking Location & Setback Table
(21 A.44.060.A): The regulations in this table
are duplicative and already regulated with
the required yard areas/setback in the base
zoning district and by buffer requirements in
the Landscaping Chapter.
References to specific zoning districts that
are being consolidated.
Sections to be Moved:
Parking Garage Design Standards moved
and consolidated in 21A.37 so all regulations
are in the same place.
Drive -Through Standards moved from
21A.40 (Accessory Uses, Buildings and
Structures) and consolidated into 21A.44
so all regulations are in the same place.
Comments and Questions: please contact us at MUconsolidation(EDslceov.com
Assigning MU Zones to a Parking Context:
The table below lists the current parking and proposed parking context for districts that are
being consolidated into MU districts. Parking context for zones not included in the MU zoning
consolidation will remain the same and therefore are not included in the table. Developments
more than 3/4 mile from a rail station will use the "General Context" from Ys to 3/4 mile the
"Neighborhood Center Context," from Yz to Y4 mile the "Urban Center Context", and within Y4
mile the "Transit Context".
Neighborhood
Urban
Transit
Highlights
Current
CC,
CB,
CSHBDI,
F13-UN2
For most MU zones, parking
CG,
CN,
CSHBD2,
FB-SC,
regulations will depend on a
CS,
FB-SE,
MU,
MU-8;
property's distance to a fixed rail
RO
RB,
TSA-T,
MU-11,
station, This approach considers
R-MU-35,
R-MU,
the varying parking needs across
R-MU-45,
TSA-C
different areas of the city, some
SNB,
ofwhich are near transit while
SSSC Overlay
others are not.
• Basing requirements on transit
• • •
distance avoids excessive
MU-5,
MU-5, MU-5,
MU-5,
parking near transit stops and
MU-6,
MU-6, MU-6,
MU-6,
insufficient parking in areas
MU-8,
MU-8, MU-8,
MU-8,
without transit access.
MU-11
MU-11 MU-11
MU-11
Located
Located Located
Located
The zoning requirements for
more than
between %z mile between V2 mile
within %a mile
districts merging into MU-2
mile from
and 3/ mile and %mile
of fixed -rail
and MU-3 zones will stay the
fixed -rail
from fixed -rail from fixed- rail
transit.
same. They will remain as
transit.
transit; transit.
Neighborhood Center Context
and won't depend on distance
MU-2, MU-3
to rail stations, since all these
Note: Distance
to fixed -rail transit shall be measured radially in
districts are already in the
straight line from the closest point of the subject property line to the
neighborhood context.
closest point of a fixed -rail transit station platform.
Map of Proposed Parking Context The following map highlights only those properties that are
impacted by the zoning consolidation and represents approximately where each parking context
would apply based on distance to a fixed rail stop.
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