Item 3: Action - Minor Land Use Code Amendments

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09/27/05 (12) adjusted, the standards may be adjusted upon finding the applicable corresponding criteria are met. (a) Number of Required Off~Street Parkinq Spaces. Adjustments may be made to the required number of off-street parking space provisions of EC 9.6410 based on the following criteria: 1. The minimum required off-street parking spaces may be reduced by up to 50 percent when the applicant for a development can demonstrate, in a parking-traffic study prepared by a traffic engineer, that both of the foUowing conditions exist: a. The use of alternative modes of transportation, including transit. bicydesr and walking, and/or special characteristics of the customer, client, employee or resident population will reduce expected vehide use and parking space demand for this development, as compared to standard Institute of Transportation Engineers vehicle trip generation rates and minimum city parking requirements. b. A proposed Transportation Demand Management (TOM) Program has been approved by the city that contains strategies for reducing vehicle use and parking demand generated by the development and establishes benchmarks by which the program's effectiveness will be measured annually. The city may waive the preparation of a TDM plan if the requirement set forth in EC9.8030(10(a)1.a. can otherwise be satisfied. 2. In the case of an existing use proposing to provide a transit stop and related amenities such as a public plaza, pedestrian sitting areas, transit-supportive development, and additional. landscaping, the number of required off-street parking spaces may be reduced by up to 10 percent. 3. Except within a /TO overlay zone, an adjustment that approves installation up to 150 percent of the minimum spaces required by EC 9.6410(3) Minimum Number of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces may be allowed, if all of the following are met: a. Additional parking is necessary to meet the parking demand for a specific use. b. Shared use of parking is not available or adequate to meet the demand. c. At least 60 percent of the parking lot is allocated and striped for compact cars. d. An employee-based Transportation Demand Management Program has been approved by the city, and annual reports thereon are subsequently provided to the city. (streets, Alleys, and Other Public Way] Intersections of Streets and Alleys Standards Adjustment. [I\s set out below ,speeific standards set forth in E C 9.9815 through 9.6830 pertaining to stFeets may be acijustod ifthe corresJ!>GAding eriteria are met. (a1 Street Connectivity Standards. As an alternative to compliance '~vitR the standards of lie 9.6815(2) Street ConnecthMy StaFldards (a) (d). the applicant may, at his or her expense. provide to the city a local street connection study that demonstrates hO't: the proposed street system @ @ @ Ordinance - 33 C:\Documents and Settings\ceplsan\Local Settings\Temporaty Internet Files\OLK4F\05 Ch 9 Misc. Minor Revisions (OOl08082)lO.DOC