Boulder staff propose eliminating citywide minimum parking, new TDM rules and on‑street changes

City of Boulder planners presented a package of proposed changes to the city’s Access Management and Parking Strategy (AMPS) on Jan. 22, urging elimination of minimum off‑street parking requirements for new development and the creation of an enforceable transportation‑demand management program.

The proposals, presented by Lisa Hood, a planner with Planning and Development Services, would remove minimum parking requirements for new and redeveloped properties, accompany that change with a tiered TDM ordinance that requires ongoing funding guarantees for larger developments, and tighten on‑street parking management through changes to the Neighborhood Parking Program (NPP).

The recommendation to “eliminate minimum parking requirements citywide for all land uses” grew from the 2017 AMPS report the City Council approved and from subsequent best‑practice research, Hood said. The change would apply only to properties…