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Planning proposes downtown parking rule changes to make parking structures more feasible
Summary
A planning‑initiated text amendment would consolidate downtown parking rules and remove contradictory upper‑level wrap and minimum glazing rules that have made structured parking infeasible, while retaining ground‑floor activation requirements.
Planning staff presented a zoning text amendment to consolidate parking regulations in downtown and gateway mixed‑use districts. Staff said existing standards are split across multiple code sections and have become internally inconsistent: for example, upper‑level parking facades are required in one code section to provide up to 50% glazing, while another parking‑garage standard expects…
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