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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMuniCode PED - PARKING UPDATE 1/2 3.04.080 Reduced Parking The Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED): The Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED) is to enable and enhance pedestrian activity close to downtown and Brigham Young University – Idaho. Parking requirements for housing units that are located within the PED may be reduced to 75% with a parking management plan or 60% pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit (See section 9.2for more details). A. Infill/Redevelopment. Multiple-family developments with more than one (1) bedroom and more than six (6) units may be reduced by 20% in Infill/Redevelopment Area. (See section 9.1) B. Dormitory. All Dormitory housing located in the PED will require a Conditional Use Permit to seek reduced parking requirements, including a Parking Management Plan. (See subsection 9.02.040.) C. Parking Management Plan. A Parking Management Plan shall be designed and anticipated to facilitate parking for the intended tenants of the units as well as reasonably anticipated visitors and ancillary services. This Plan needs to be submitted to the Zoning Administrator. A Parking Management Plan allows a reduction in required parking from a 1 to 1 ratio to as low as .75 to 1 ratio for Dormitory Developments upon a showing of adequate parking plan submittal and acceptance by the Zoning Administrator. 1. Requirements. The plan shall show all parking spaces and their dimensions, access aisles, loading spaces, and entrances and exits to the site. The parking plan may also include the landscape plan. 2. Visitor Parking a. Visitor parking must be located, in such a way, as to be readily identified upon entering the parking facilities, and must provide for visitor stays of no less than one (1) hour. b. Properties with less than 10 on-site parking spaces shall not be required to provide visitor parking. Properties with 10 or more on-site parking spaces must provide visitor parking equal to 10% of the number of onsite parking permits or spaces (with a minimum of one (1) visitor parking space). (1) Structures with fewer than ten (10) dwelling units may apply for a Conditional Use Permit in order to qualify for reduced parking. This does not apply to single-family or duplex structures. c. Policing. Policing of parking facilities must be conducted by the property owners, or their employed representatives and any parking enforcement action must be initiated by an on-site person, who is not compensated in direct relationship to the decision to tow or boot or otherwise police violations. (No Predatory Towing or Booting) d. Visitor Parking signs. (See subsection 3.05.110.I.) e. Parkers Identified. Any tenant authorized to park in the parking facility must be clearly identified as having parking privileges, and no more than the actual number of available spaces may be assigned, providing for ancillary and visitor parking as required. 2/2 f. PED. Visitor parking may be reduced in the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED) to as low as six (6%) percent with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). 3. Offsite Parking. There shall be no limit to offsite parking. There shall be no restriction on distance from the residential complex to the offsite parking for residential complexes legally existing on the effective date of this Ordinance. There shall be no required visitor parking for areas designated as offsite parking. 4. Evaluating the Plan. The following items shall be considered when evaluating a parking plan: a. On site, how will visitor vs. tenant parking spaces be identified to determine compliance? b. Are there specific times the spaces will be available? c. Who will manage the parking? d. What is the method of management? Consequence of noncompliance?