REQUIRED OFF-STREET VEHICLE AND BICYCLE PARKING SPACES

1402 REQUIRED OFF-STREET VEHICLE AND BICYCLE PARKING SPACES

• A. General Requirements

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the minimum number of off-street vehicle and bicycle parking spaces to be provided for each use is listed in Table 14-1: Off-Street Vehicle and Bicycle Parking Requirements. Construction of all off-street parking shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

• 2. Table 14-1 lists parking requirements for each use. In some cases, uses that are considered part of a generic use category are listed with specific vehicle parking requirements. These specific uses are listed only for the purposes of this section and do not indicate whether such uses are permitted or special uses within any district. Certain uses listed within the districts are not listed in Table 14-1 and therefore do not have vehicle parking requirements.

• 3. Certain uses listed within Table 14-1 are required to provide bicycle parking spaces. Of those uses required to provide bicycle spaces, some are also required to provide long-term spaces, where bicycles will be left for longer periods of time and require a safe and weatherproof storage area. The required number of long-term spaces is shown as a percentage of the required total bicycle spaces. All other required bicycle spaces shall be designed as short-term spaces, which are areas where bicycles will be left for short stops, requiring a high degree of convenience.

• 4. In all cases where bicycle parking is required, a minimum of two bicycle spaces shall be provided. After the first 25 required bicycle parking spaces are provided, additional bicycle parking spaces are required at a 50% reduction.

• 5. Where bicycle parking space requirements indicate “Over 10,000sf GFA” or other number threshold, this means that bicycle spaces are required only for structures over a certain gross floor area. In these cases, bicycle parking space requirements are calculated on the basis of the entire gross floor area.

• 6. Specific parking requirements may apply to the TOD Overlay District in Section 1106.

• • B. Maximum Vehicle Parking Limitations The following vehicle parking maximums are applicable to all surface parking lots:

• 1. When surface parking lots are constructed for any commercial or office use over 20,000 square feet in gross floor area or any multi-tenant retail center or office park, the total number of vehicle parking spaces provided shall not exceed 135% of the required minimum. This vehicle parking maximum does not apply to vehicle parking spaces provided within a parking structure.

• 2. If a use is exempt from parking minimums, the maximum limitations of this section still apply if parking is voluntarily provided.

• • C. Vehicle Space Reduction for Provision of Bicycle Spaces The following reductions in the number of vehicle parking spaces are permitted when bicycle parking and facilities are provided. An applicant may only use one of these three options.

• 1. A non-residential use may use up to two required vehicle parking spaces as space for bicycle parking. The area of the vehicle parking spaces shall be used for bicycle parking.

• 2. Where a non-residential use provides shower and locker facilities for use by bicyclists, a reduction of four vehicle parking spaces is permitted.

• 3. Where a non-residential use provides additional bicycle parking spaces of 120% or more of that required, the non-residential use is permitted a vehicle parking space reduction of up to 10%.

• • D. Provision of Car- and Bike-Share Facilities

    1. Spaces within parking lots and structures may include designated parking spaces for car-share facilities. A car-share facility is a membership-based car-sharing service that provides automobile rental to members, billable by the hour or day; it is not considered a vehicle rental establishment. Spaces reserved for car-share facilities may count toward minimum parking requirements of this Ordinance.

• 2. Spaces within parking lots and structures may include designated areas for bike-share facilities. A bike-share facility provides bicycle rentals to the public and it is not considered a vehicle rental establishment. When a minimum of 10 bicycles are provided by a bike-share facility, such facilities qualify for 5% of required vehicle spaces.

• • E. Provision of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Spaces within parking lots and structures may include designated parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Spaces reserved for electric vehicle charging count toward minimum parking requirements of this Ordinance.

• • F. Multi-Tenant Retail Center Parking Calculation Parking for multi-tenant retail centers is calculated as one space required per 500 square feet of gross floor area, rather than by the individual uses. A multi-tenant retail center is defined as a group of two or more commercial establishments, primarily retail, but also including personal service, restaurant, office, and similar non-residential establishments, that is planned, owned, and/or managed as a single property. The two main configurations of multi-tenant retail centers are large shopping centers and strip centers. In addition, one bicycle space is required per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area with 25% of those required spaces designed as long-term bicycle parking. PERCENTAGE OF