Aberdeen panel debates new retail parking ratios as council readies code changes
Draft amendments would change parking for certain retail uses (example cited: two spaces per 50 sq ft plus one per employee instead of one per 200 sq ft). Staff said permit applicants who already applied would be processed under the existing code, but commissioners discussed traffic impacts and enforcement.
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Commissioners reviewed proposed parking-ratio amendments for retail uses in mixed-use and transit-oriented districts. The draft replaces an older standard (roughly 1 space per 200 square feet) with a proposed 2 spaces per 50 square feet of gross floor area plus one space per employee for some uses (cannabis, liquor, tobacco, and similar small-format retail), prompting questions about how existing permit applicants would be treated.
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