Rexburg planning staff and council review draft parking standards, widen off-site parking radius and clarify compact-space rules

Rexburg City planning staff reviewed a draft update to the city's parking standards with the City Council, discussing shared parking rules, space dimensions, off-site parking distances and enforcement details that would affect downtown, the university district and new multifamily developments.

Planning staff member Allan opened the discussion, saying, "So this is where we ended up last time. We're still in the parking," and then walked the council through specific requirements and edits in the draft code.

The draft retains a 10-spaces-per-1,000-square-foot baseline for sit-down restaurants and clarifies how shared parking may be counted. Staff said shared parking must be supported by documentation showing non-overlapping peak usage windows; in those cases a restaurant may count spaces used by neighboring…