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Draft code widens options to reduce parking minimums and encourage shared or deferred parking
Summary
The proposed site standards include measures to shrink or defer required off‑street parking, allow driveway parking for small multiunit buildings, broaden shared‑parking and parking‑study reductions, and halve minimums in mixed‑use downtown districts; commissioners raised concerns about on‑street parking and downtown parking capacity.
The Planning Commission reviewed substantial changes to how the zoning rewrite would treat off‑street parking.
What was proposed: consultant Andy Amont and staff outlined multiple strategies to allow lower minimum off‑street parking requirements while preserving options for higher supply when market demand justifies it.
Key features presented - Missing‑middle parking flexibility: single‑family through fourplexes may provide required parking on driveways or parking strips that do not exceed 22 feet in width, rather than requiring engineered lots. - Mixed‑use reductions and conversions: the draft would halve the…
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