Draft code simplifies parking rules and adds bicycle and EV charging requirements
Summary
As part of the zoning rewrite, consultants proposed clearer parking ratios, shared‑parking rules for mixed uses, updated bicycle parking standards and requirements for EV charging infrastructure to modernize administration and reduce obsolete provisions.
Consultants told the Planning Commission that parking and loading standards received more substantial revisions in the draft zoning code to make ratios and dimensional requirements easier to understand and administer. The draft establishes clearer shared‑parking provisions for mixed occupancies, eliminates obsolete parking district provisions and adds modern requirements for bicycle parking and EV charging.
Shantao, a presenter for InterWest, said the goal was to simplify administration: "The goal here was to make parking ratios and dimensional requirements easier to understand and administer. We're also establishing clearly clearer shared parking provisions addressing mixed occupancies...and adding contemporary requirements for bicycle parking and EV charging." The changes are presented as part of a broader effort to centralize development standards in chapter 17‑22 so they apply consistently across zoning districts.
Staff and consultants said these changes are largely organizational and intended to reduce ambiguity during permit review; the commission voted to forward the overall code update to City Council.
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