Council defers vote on commercial parking ordinance to October after map and language questions
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Summary
Council voted 5‑0 to defer TO 24‑11 — an ordinance to revise off‑street parking requirements for smaller commercial tenants — to Oct. 28, 2024, after discussion about mapping errors, eligibility exclusions and the exact square‑footage threshold used in the ordinance.
Council voted unanimously to defer consideration of TO 24‑11, an ordinance amendment that would exclude the first 1,000 square feet from off‑street parking requirement calculations for qualifying commercial tenants, until Oct. 28, 2024. The deferral was requested so the planning commission can finish its recommendation and staff can correct mapping and wording issues in the materials.
City staff and councilmembers discussed several technical items: how the 1,000 sq. ft. threshold was set (the ordinance language reflects the council’s prior first reading), whether the map accurately shows which parcels qualify (questions were raised about shared‑parking mapping errors and some parcels in the Eden Center area), and how shopping‑center aggregations and gross square footage affect eligibility. The city attorney noted the map had an instance in which a property was incorrectly shown as eligible for a shared‑parking reduction and staff said the map will be corrected.
The council passed a motion to defer the ordinance to Oct. 28 and to advertise a public hearing for that date. Staff said they will bring back a clarified staff recommendation and corrected attachments for second reading.
What happens next: staff will correct the map and clarify the staff recommendation and exclusions before the Oct. 28 public hearing and second reading.
