Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2009 07 06

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Locating parking behind buildings and using landscaping for screening can help to reduce the negative visual impacts of parking areas. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the preceding information, staff recommends the following downtown parking policy amendments. Staff requests that the committee discuss the policy recommendation and make a motion giving direction to pursue policy changes. Policy Recommendation 1. Remove the cap on development downtown to allow the total developed square footage downtown to exceed 354,000 square feet. 2. Reduce the parking requirement to 1 space per 500 square feet of development for all uses except for residential. 3. Adopt existing Mixed Use Development Design Standards and Guidelines (MUDDSG) residential parking requirements (See attachment 1) 4. Increase Fee-in-Lieu to $15,000/space (cost of surface parking space) for new construction and $7,500/space for renovations of existing buildings. 5. Adopt existing MUDDSG standards to allow parking credits and reductions for the following (See attachment 1). a. Credit for on-street parking adjacent to the development b. Reductions for shared parking c. The use of remote parking 6. Allow for a 5% parking reduction for the provision of ECO passes for everyone employed in the development. 7. Adopt MUDDSG standards for parking lot design (See attachment 1). 8. Update the 1998 traffic study to analyze how additional square footage in the downtown area will affect the street network. 9. Develop a parking management strategy including the following elements; a. A neighborhood parking permit process to prevent downtown visitors from parking on residential streets b. A plan for future public parking locations including the Post Office site. c. Increased enforcement of parking regulations. d. A paid parking strategy for downtown. e. Strategies for shared parking agreements. ATTACHMENTS Attachment 1: MUDDSG parking requirements and design standards.