Boulder staff propose eliminating minimum parking requirements, new TDM ordinance and on‑street changes under AMPS update

City of Boulder planners on Wednesday presented a package of code and policy changes under the Access Management and Parking Strategy (AMPS) meant to reduce required parking, increase demand‑management funding and adjust on‑street parking rules.

In a roughly 30‑minute presentation to the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB), Lisa Hood, planner with Planning and Development Services, said staff “continue to recommend eliminating minimum parking requirements citywide for all land uses” and to pursue complementary changes including a new TDM ordinance and targeted on‑street management adjustments.

The AMPS update responds to the city council’s 2017 AMPS report, recent state legislation limiting local minimum parking mandates for multifamily housing near transit, and local goals on transportation and climate. Hood said the proposed off‑street changes would apply only to new development and redevelopment when properties seek permits, not retroactively.

Chris Haglund, principal project manager for Transportation and Mobility, described a proposed three‑tier approach for a TDM…