PARKING EXEMPTIONS

1410 PARKING EXEMPTIONS

A. Applicability When a use is exempt from vehicle parking requirements by this Article, bicycle parking is required unless bicycle parking is specifically exempted as well. If a use that is exempt from vehicle parking voluntarily provides parking, bicycle parking, as required by this Article, is required.

B. Exemptions from Parking Requirements 1. The D-1 District is exempt from all off-street vehicle and bicycle parking requirements.

2. Specific parking exemptions may apply to the TOD Overlay District in Section 1105.

3. The use “neighborhood commercial establishment” is exempt from all off-street vehicle and bicycle parking requirements.

4. Where topographic conditions or excessive grades do not allow for vehicle access on a lot with a single-family use, the lot is exempt from off-street vehicle parking requirement.

5. The first 2,500 square feet of gross floor area for non-residential uses in the R-P, C-2, and C-3 Districts are exempt from all off-street vehicle and bicycle parking requirements.

6. In the M-MU-90 Sub-District of the M-MU District, parking requirements may be reduced by 50% of that required.

7. In the R-4 and C-2 districts, all lots of 10,000 square feet or less are exempt from parking requirements.

8. Existing structures as of the effective date of this Ordinance that currently do not provide any parking due to lack of sufficient space on the lot to accommodate parking are exempt from all offstreet vehicle and bicycle parking requirements regardless of any change in intensity or use, subject to review and approval by the Director of the Department of Inspection and Standards. The Director of the Department of Inspection and Standards may require the property owner to provide evidence that the structure has not historically provided parking. Once the principal building is demolished, this exemption is not longer valid. In addition, if the lot area is expanded (e.g., the adjoining lot is purchased), this exemption is not longer valid.

- C. Exemption for Approved Parking Management Plan
  
  1. For health care institutions and educational facilities - universities and colleges, exemptions to required off-street parking requirements may be granted based on submittal and approval of a parking management plan, which is approved by the City Plan Commission. Exemptions may be granted for the implementation and demonstrated effectiveness of parking and transportation alternatives that provide students, employees, and/or visitors with mobility options designed to reduce demand for parking and relieve congestion on adjacent streets.

2. When a healthcare institution or university of college educational facility has a noncontiguous campus, parking may be supplied on one part of the campus to meet the parking needs of the other noncontiguous part of the campus provided that a shuttle service is supplied by the institution to move students and staff between the non-contiguous campuses. This provision is applicable only if an institutional master plan, which includes a parking/shuttle plan, has been submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

3. Reductions in parking requirements will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with a potential reduction of up to 30% when it is clear that the parking and transportation alternative(s) will result in a corresponding reduction in parking demand. This reduction does not include any grandfathered shortfall.

4. A campus-wide parking management plan shall be submitted as part of the Institutional Master Plan, and shall include the following information: a. The number, size, location, access, and general operation and management of all required and proposed on-site and off-site parking and loading spaces.

- b. Traffic demand management strategies including, but not limited to: i. Available public transportation options.

- c. A parking and trip demand analysis prepared by a certified traffic engineer.