(a) Purpose. This section establishes criteria for shared parking agreements by commercial, office, industrial, and other nonresidential uses.
(b) Authority. The community development director shall be the designated approving authority for the review and approval of shared parking agreements.
(c) Circumstances for allowing shared parking agreements. Where it can be demonstrated that two or more land uses can effectively share common parking facilities due to the nature of the uses (for example, an office building with largely weekday use and religious facility with predominantly weekend use), then an application may be filed for consideration by the community development director for a shared parking agreement. Such application shall include a parking study that identifies the parking demand of all subject land uses and that clearly demonstrates how and why parking facilities can be shared.
(d) Findings for granting shared agreements. To grant a request for shared parking, the director shall make the following findings:
(1) There is clear and convincing evidence that peak-hour parking demand from all uses does not coincide and/or the uses are such that the hours of operation are different for various portions of the business.
(2) The adjacent or nearby properties will not be adversely affected by the proposed reduction in parking.
(e) Conditions. The following conditions shall be required for all shared parking agreement:
(1) A legal agreement shall be signed by all parties sharing parking facilities, and shall constitute a mutual covenant running with the land. Such agreement shall be approved by the city attorney and community development director, shall be recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder, and shall continue to be valid upon change of ownership. Such agreement may only be terminated with the prior, written consent of the community development director.
(2) The uses sharing the parking facilities must be located on contiguous lots.
(Ord. 710, § 9 (part), 2019)