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Planning Commission recommends Downtown Parking Management Plan, asks staff to stress recommendations are suggestions
Summary
The Planning Commission reviewed a draft Downtown Parking Management Plan and accompanying code revisions to ease downtown development constraints, vote to recommend council approval with staff directed to emphasize that measures are options requiring further public input; a public hearing is scheduled next week.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Council adopt a Downtown Parking Management Plan and associated code revisions after a staff presentation and discussion about downtown land use, parking supply and development constraints. Staff presenter Fred told commissioners the plan frames parking as one component of a larger transportation system and proposes a mix of short-term, operational and long-term strategies.
Commissioners and staff flagged practical constraints in the existing code, such as setback requirements, a 50% lot-coverage standard for certain downtown zones and interior parking-lot landscaping rules that together can limit feasible on-site parking for infill projects. Fred said the consultant and staff propose consolidating landscaping and parking standards into clearer sections of the code (referencing…
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