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Planning staff outlines Fresno parking rules and reduction options at commission workshop
Summary
Planning staff reviewed City of Fresno parking requirements, downtown exemptions, bicycle and loading standards, shading/landscaping rules and reduction pathways including transit proximity and affordable housing incentives.
City planning staff gave a technical workshop on municipal parking requirements, describing parking minimums, design standards, and several pathways for reducing required spaces for new development.
Chris Lang of the Planning and Development Department presented the overview and said the Fresno General Plan supports multimodal transit and that the development code establishes minimum parking requirements by use and district. "New development or uses typically require on-site parking," Lang said, and noted downtown districts set lower or no minimums for some uses while mixed-use and commercial districts have detailed tables for residential and nonresidential parking.
Lang explained common reduction mechanisms: affordable-housing incentives that reduce required spaces for units designated as affordable; transit-accessibility reductions when a property is within a quarter-mile of a transit…
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