75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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• Allow redevelopment of surface parking lots if the spaces are not needed or if developers / property owners pay into a fund to be used for building public parking in the future (see fees -in -lieu). • Reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements for some or all uses downtown. • Count on -street parking towards minimum parking requirements (see flexible minimum requirements). • Establish maximum allowances for how much parking may be built by use and/or by neighborhood (see parking maximums). • Establish flexible parking requirements based on: • alternative mode access (especially proximity of transit, but also pedestrian and bicycle facilities) • expected demographics of residential developments (age, income, other auto -ownership factors) • parking studies providing data to support requests to reduce or increase parking • implementation of programs to reduce the need for parking spaces, such as parking cash out, un-bundled parking, shared parking, priority parking for carpools, or car sharing (see parking and transportation demand management) • Make parking fit better with a pedestrian environment: • Prohibit developers from siting parking between the building and the street (see locating parking strategically). • Build parking structures combined with retail or other commercial uses on the ground floor (see wrapping parking structures in active uses). • Limit curb cuts so that there are fewer places where cars are crossing the sidewalk. • Provide safe, convenient, and comfortable walkways to access parking facilities. • set a high standard for pedestrian protection where vehicles from parking structures exit onto the street. • Require screening and/or landscaping in any surface parking lots visible from pedestrian -oriented streets (see landscaping for shade and air quality). Improve the pedestrian environment generally: 75G-72