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Board okays change to medical‑office parking minimums, except for outpatient surgery centers
Summary
Staff presented an observation study and the Planning & Zoning Board voted 4–0 to amend the zoning code to reduce minimum parking for most medical and dental offices to match general office rates, while retaining a higher rate for outpatient surgery centers.
The Planning & Zoning Board on July 18 voted unanimously to recommend a text amendment that reduces the minimum parking requirement for medical and dental offices to match the city's general office parking rate, while maintaining a higher minimum for outpatient surgery centers.
Zoning manager Tory Boone summarized the October 2023 council direction to review medical‑office parking after ordinance 5,660 allowed public‑facing medical uses in the LERP district. Staff conducted an observation study in January 2024 across several medical uses (primary care, dental, multi‑tenant medical buildings, urgent care and an outpatient surgery center). Boone said observed peak occupancy rates ranged from 32% to 84%, with outpatient surgery centers the highest. "The observation study reveals there is no shortage of parking supply but rather an excess of parking supply," Boone said, and staff recommended reducing the minimum for medical and dental offices to the general office rate (1 per 200 sq ft for the first 4,000 sq ft, 1 per 300 thereafter), while creating a definition and keeping outpatient surgery centers at 1 per 175 sq ft.
Board members had few questions; Boone noted hospitals already have separate bed‑based parking rules. With no public speakers present, the board voted 4–0 in favor of the amendment to the zoning code. The ordinance will proceed through the city's adoption process.
