(a) Intent. Land banked parking provides for designating a portion of land on a parcel that would be required to be held and preserved as landscape area, rather than constructed as parking at the time of the initial construction.
(b) Authority to Grant. The Planning Commission may permit land banked parking of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of required parking spaces if requested by the applicant during the development plan review process.
(c) Land Banked Parking Standards. At a minimum, the following land banked parking standards shall be satisfied.
(1) The applicant shall provide adequate supporting documentation that justifies the requested reduced parking needs; and
(2) The development plan shall provide full site design for the future land banked parking area at the time of the original development plan review process.
(3) As part of the development plan review process, the applicant must identify the area to be banked on the development plan and a plan note marked as “Land Banked Future Parking.”
(4) The land area proposed for land banking of parking spaces must be an area suitable for the constructability of a parking area at a future time.
(5) The land banked parking area shall satisfy all applicable landscape and bufferyard requirements set forth in this Zoning Code including in the initial land banked condition and in the final constructed parking area condition. The minimum landscaping material while in a land banked condition shall consist of turf or live groundcover.
(6) The land banked parking area shall not used for any other land use and must be part of the same zoning lot and remain under the same ownership.
(7) The Building Commissioner, on the basis of increased parking space requirements for the site resulting from any altered or new land use(s), may require the conversion of all or part of the land banked area to off-street parking spaces in a manner consistent with the approved development plan.
(Ord. 2022-24. Passed 5-24-22.)