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Commission recommends zoning and parking standards for trampoline parks and bounce houses
Summary
Saratoga Springs planners recommended amendments to Title 19 to add definitions, designate allowed commercial zones and set parking requirements for trampoline parks, trampoline courts and bounce houses; proposed parking is roughly 2.5 stalls per 1,000 sq ft.
The Saratoga Springs Planning Commission on March 13 forwarded a recommendation to amend the city’s Land Development Code to add definitions and regulations for trampoline parks, trampoline courts and bounce houses and to set a parking standard for those uses.
Staff explained the amendment would add new definitions to Chapter 19.02, update the permitted-use table in Chapter 19.04 to allow these uses in regional commercial, heavy commercial, office-warehouse, light industrial and business park zones, and add an off-street parking standard in Chapter 19.09. The proposed parking rate is approximately 2.5 stalls per 1,000 square feet; staff said that figure reflects review of a comparable prior application (Sky Zone) and an effort to set a parking requirement that would also allow flexibility for future changes of use.
Commissioners asked whether similar indoor-playground uses previously permitted in the city (for example, the indoor playground near Walmart, referenced as VASA/indoor playground) were treated the same way; staff said that earlier indoor-playground/fitness uses had been parked similar to fitness centers and that past approvals could remain nonconforming. Staff noted the city sometimes applies higher parking rates to allow flexibility if a space later changes use.
Commissioner Wheldon moved to forward a recommendation for approval of amendments to chapters 19.02, 19.04 and 19.09 with the findings and conditions in the staff report; Commissioner Kern seconded. The motion carried.
The amendments create a clear regulatory pathway for emerging indoor-recreation businesses and set a new parking metric for review of future proposals.
