Item 7: Action: Ordinance on Infill Compatibility Standards Code Amendments

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November 23, 2009 Mayor Piercy and City Councilors: TCar-Sharing: Where and How it Succeeds, sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration and published in 2005, raises significant concerns related to the car-sharing provisions considered by Council under the item Multi-. Please accept this letter into the record for that item. According to the report: Despite rapid growth, car-sharing is a niche product, accounting for 1 Members of car-sharing organizations tend to be in their 30s or 40s and 2 have middle- to higher-incomes. Is this the target demographic for the increased density the city anticipates for the South and West University Neighborhoods?) 3 The median number of trips per month is two. quoting in its entirety because of the issues it raises: However, some cities have been skeptical about reducing parking requirements. - sharing space to replace one required parking space in new residential development. In drafting the legislation, Seattle staff did not have sufficient data to determine that parking reductions for car-sharing would not cause spillover parking on adjoining streets. They also worried about providing an incentive to reduce parking unrelated to the actual demand for car- sharing. In Toronto, Canada staff determined that they lacked a mechanism to guarantee that car-sharing would always be available. Their concern was that a building with reduced parking could outlast the car- 4 . To these issues: Does the City of Eugene have the data to conclude the on-site parking waiver accruing to a development from a car- parking on adjoining stre 1 Car-Sharing: Where and How it Succeeds. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. 2005. p. 10. 2 Ibid., p. 11. 3 Ibid., p. 11. 4 Ibid, p. 210.