Commission clarifies parking rules, flags parking study for Old Corte Madera Square

As part of the Commercial Code Modernization package, staff proposed standardized parking ratios and clarified how changes of use trigger additional parking requirements. Consultant Martha Miller explained that additional parking would be required only for the portion of a change that adds more than 30% to required spaces, and that additions over 500 square feet for commercial structures would trigger parking requirements. Nonresidential ratios were described as roughly 1 space per 250 square feet to standardize administration across mixed uses.