(a) The director may grant a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required under this article for specific uses if the director finds that the parking demand generated by the use does not warrant the number of off-street parking spaces required, and the reduction would not create a traffic hazard or increase traffic congestion on adjacent or nearby streets. The maximum reduction authorized by this section for specific uses is:
Use
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Maximum Administrative Reduction
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Use
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Maximum Administrative Reduction
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Industrial (inside) | 50 percent |
Industrial (outside) | 50 percent |
Office uses and retail and personal service uses (except for restaurants and alcoholic beverage establishments) within a 1,200 feet walking distance of a platform of a rail transit station | 20 percent (must not be within 600 feet of a single-family or duplex district and the use must be connected to the rail transit station by a sidewalk with a minimum width of six feet) |
Trade center | 25 percent |
Warehouse greater than 100,000 square feet | 50 percent (up to 75 percent if the requirement of Subsection (d)(3) is complied with) |
Museum/art gallery | 50 percent |
Note: Applicants may seek a special exception to parking requirements under Section 51A-4.311 and an administrative parking reduction under this section. The greater reduction will apply, but the reductions may not be combined. | |
(b) In determining whether to grant a reduction under Subsection (a), the director shall consider the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the parking spaces provided will be assigned, compact, remote, shared, or packed parking.
(2) The parking demand and trip generation characteristics for the occupancy for which the reduction is requested.
(3) The number of individuals employed on the site of the occupancy for which the reduction is requested.
(4) The number of company vehicles parked on the site of the occupancy for which the reduction is requested.
(5) Whether or not the subject property or the surrounding properties are part of a modified delta overlay district.
(6) The current and probable future capacities of adjacent and nearby streets based on the city’s thoroughfare plan.
(7) The availability of alternative transportation modes and availability, access, and distance to public transit and the likelihood of their use.
(8) The feasibility of parking mitigation measures and the likelihood of their effectiveness.
(9) The impact on adjacent residential uses.
(c) In granting a reduction under Subsection (a), the director shall specify the occupancy to which the reduction applies. A reduction granted by the director for a particular occupancy automatically and immediately terminates if and when the certificate of occupancy for the use is revoked or terminated or the existing business stops operating.
(d) In granting a reduction under Subsection (a), the director may:
(1) establish a termination date for the reduction or otherwise provide for the reassessment of conditions after a specified period of time;
(2) impose restrictions on access to or from the subject property;
(3) require that adequate lot area be available to comply with standard parking requirements; or
(4) impose any other reasonable condition that would have the effect of improving traffic safety or lessening congestion on the streets.
(e) The director may not grant a reduction under Subsection (a) to reduce the number of off-street parking spaces required in an ordinance granting or amending a specific use permit.
(f) The director may not grant a reduction under Subsection (a) to reduce the number of off-street parking spaces required in the text or development plan of an ordinance establishing or amending a planned development district. This prohibition does not apply when:
(1) the ordinance does not expressly specify a minimum number of spaces, but instead simply makes reference to the existing off-street parking regulations in Chapter 51 or this chapter; and
(2) the regulations governing that planned development district expressly authorize the director to grant the reduction. (Ord. 28803)