Boulder staff recommend eliminating minimum parking requirements, propose tiered TDM ordinance and on‑street pilots

City staff presented an update Jan. 14 on a multi‑department project to revise Boulder’s parking rules and create a transportation demand management ordinance intended to work in an environment without minimum parking requirements.

The plan, presented by Lisa Hood, principal city planner for Planning and Development Services, Chris Hagelin, principal project manager in Transportation and Mobility, and Samantha Bromberg of Community Vitality, would eliminate citywide minimum off‑street parking requirements and add a tiered TDM ordinance for larger projects while adjusting on‑street parking policy and neighborhood permit rules.

The memo and presentation position the AMPS (Access Management and Parking Strategy) work as the final step in a program begun in 2014 to implement recommendations from a 2017 AMPS report. “Staff is continuing to recommend that we eliminate minimum parking requirements citywide for all land uses,” Lisa Hood said during the presentation. Hood and other staff noted the recommendation responds in part to Colorado House Bill 24‑1304, which limits cities’ ability to require minimum parking near transit and takes effect June 30, 2025.

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