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Commissioners weigh NMU/downtown parking exemption
Summary
The commission discussed a draft that would exempt many downtown (C2/NMU) properties from on-site parking requirements and debated whether change-of-use triggers should still force new parking to be provided. Commissioners urged staff to add clarifying language and examples.
Staff pointed out that current practice generally does not require downtown businesses to provide on-site parking and that the draft includes the Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU) district in the exemption. "Right now, for all of our downtown businesses, we don't require them to have any parking," the staff member said when explaining the logic for reduced on-site requirements.
Commissioners cautioned against a blanket exemption for changes of use in NMU areas, arguing that some conversions could create new parking demand. One commissioner suggested asking staff to 'massage' the language for NMU change-of-use rules to avoid creating gaps where a new use has significant parking needs. Staff agreed to clarify the change-of-use language and to circulate a revised draft.
