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(a) When any land or building is under the same ownership or under a joint use agreement and is used for 2 or more purposes, the number of parking spaces is computed by multiplying the minimum amount of parking normally required for each land use by the appropriate percentage as shown in the following parking credit schedule for each of the 5 time periods shown. The number of parking spaces required is determined by totaling the resulting numbers in each column; the column total that generates the highest number of parking spaces then becomes the parking requirement.
Weekday
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Weekend
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Daytime (6 am-6 pm) | Evening (6 pm-midnight) | Daytime (6 am-6 pm) | Evening (6 am-midnight) | (Midnight- 6 am) |
Weekday
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Weekend
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Daytime (6 am-6 pm) | Evening (6 pm-midnight) | Daytime (6 am-6 pm) | Evening (6 am-midnight) | (Midnight- 6 am) | |
Office/Industrial | 100% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 5% |
General Retail | 60% | 90% | 100% | 70% | 5% |
Hotel, Motel, Inn | 75% | 100% | 75% | 100% | 75% |
Restaurant | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 10% |
Indoor or Legitimate Theater, Commercial Recreational Establishment | 40% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 10% |
Meeting Center | 50%1 |
100% | 100% | 100% | 10% |
Multi-family dwellings in Commercial Districts | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Personal Living Quarters | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
All Other Uses | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
1 The Board of Appeals may reduce this parking requirement in areas where public parking is available or when the meeting center will be utilized only by other commercial or industrial uses which are located within 800 feet of the meeting center and provide their own parking spaces.
(b) The following conditions apply to any parking facility for mixed use development:
(1) The mixed use property and shared parking facility must be owned by the same developer/owner, or under a joint use agreement. Parking must be located within 500 feet walking distance of the entrance to the establishment to be served. Any parking arrangement under a joint use agreement must meet the off-site parking facility requirements of Sec. 59-E-3.4.
(2) Reserved spaces may not be shared.
(3) The Director/Planning Board must determine, at the time of parking facility plan approval that shared parking is possible and appropriate at the location proposed. Particular attention is needed to assure that sufficient and convenient short-term parking will be available to commercial establishments during the weekday daytime period. The shared parking spaces must be located in the most convenient and visible area of the parking facility nearest the establishment being served.
(4) A subsequent change in use requires a new use-and-occupancy permit and proof that sufficient parking will be available.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 10-32, § 11; Ord. No. 11-91, § 4; Ord. No. 12-81, § 2; Ord. No. 13-14, §5; Ord. No. 13-14, § 5; Ord. No. 13-46, § 7; Ord. No. 13-58, § 4.)
Base parking requirements for offices shall be determined in accordance with a property's Office Parking Policy Area designation and the proximity of the property to a Metrorail station. The Office Parking Policy Areas are identified on the Adopted Office Parking Policy Area Map which was approved by the District Council on June 28, 1984, and is maintained by the Planning Board. A copy of this map is reproduced at the end of this section. The base parking requirements within individual Office Parking Policy Areas vary according to the proximity of a property to a Metrorail station which is defined in subsection 59-E-3.21 which follows. The following table establishes the base office parking requirements for each policy area:
Base Requirements for Office Parking
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Minimum Parking Requirements (Spaces/1000 GSF)
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Proximity to Metro Station
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Southern Area
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South Central Area
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Northern Central Area
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Northern Area
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Less than 800' | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | N/A |
800'-1600' | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | N/A |
More than 1600' | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0
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N/A = Not Applicable
Proximity to a METRO station is defined as the straight-line distance between a main pedestrian entrance of a building for which the parking reduction is to be granted and a station entrance controlled by the W.M.A.T.A. This station entrance is defined further as the street-level entrance of any escalator or the gate or similar barrier of any station entrance which has no escalator.
An existing or planned metrorail station may be used as a basis for the office requirement if:
(a) It is currently in use as part of an operating transit line; or
(b) The director/planning board has received a certified letter from the W.M.A.T.A. stating that a construction contract has been signed for any portion of the construction phase which is located on the same transit line immediately south of the phase of construction in which the proposed building or buildings will be located.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 10-32, § 11; Ord. No. 12-1, § 1.)

Percentage reductions in the required number of parking spaces, as specified in this article, may be approved by the director/planning board and must be enforced by the director. Where multiple credits are granted, each credit allowance is applied only on the marginal parking requirement. After an initial percentage reduction is approved for one credit, an additional percentage reduction for each successive credit applies to the balance of the parking supply required.
Parking credits are allowed for office developments that actively participate in the county share-a-ride program and/or provide private incentives for ride-sharing. A schedule of parking credits for offices, based on specific criteria for reductions and penalties for noncompliance, is presented in the following schedule:
(a) Sites within share-a-ride districts. Share-a-ride districts are defined in chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(1) A 15 percent reduction for participation in share-a-ride's continuous, personalized ridesharing assistance program may be approved if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner or lessees with more than 25 employees designate a person who shall promote the program to employees in accordance with established county procedures for the share-a-ride program.
b. The owner or lessees shall reserve a sufficient number of conveniently located parking spaces to accommodate all employee carpools and vanpools.
c. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account of the mass transit facilities fund for basic share-a-ride services in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
d. The owner shall certify semi-annually to the director that the above requirements are being satisfied.
e. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(2) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, sufficient to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing fund for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above requirements are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to satisfy at least one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. Pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for basic or supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
The requirements and penalties of Section (a)(2)a., (a)(2)d.1., and (a)(2)d.3., above are not applicable to mixed use projects in the TS-M zone located within 1000 feet of a Metrorail station where such requirements and penalties may preclude fulfillment of master or sector plan objectives for the provision of affordable housing as determined by the Montgomery County Planning Board.
(b) Sites within a share-a-ride outreach area. Share-a-ride outreach areas are defined in chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(1) A 15 percent reduction for participation in share-a-ride's continuous, personalized ridesharing assistance program may be approved if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner or lessees with more than 25 employees designate a person who shall promote the program with employees in accordance with established county procedures for the share-a-ride program.
b. The owner or lessees shall reserve a sufficient number of conveniently located parking spaces to accommodate all employee carpools and vanpools.
c. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for basic share-a-ride services in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
d. The owner shall certify semi-annually to the director that the above requirements are being satisfied.
e. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
(2) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement, with the parking facility plan, that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, large enough to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above requirements are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance, the director shall require the owner to satisfy at least one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. Pay an annual penalty payment to the ridesharing account for basic or supplementary share-a-ride services, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
(c) Sites in remaining areas (locations where share-a-ride services are unavailable):
(1) A percentage reduction between one and 15 percent may be approved for private incentives (e.g., in-house carpool promotion/matching system, private shuttle bus, van lease or purchase, reserved carpool spaces, and transit pass discount programs) if the owner of the development submits a written agreement with the parking facility plan that stipulates the following conditions:
a. The owner, shall, as a contingency, set aside land for a parking facility or allow for future construction or expansion of a structured parking facility, large enough to provide additional parking spaces equal in number to the reduction granted.
b. The owner shall make an annual payment to the ridesharing account for monitoring and enforcement, in accordance with the payment schedule of chapter 42A of the Montgomery County Code.
c. The owner shall certify to the director semi-annually that the above conditions are satisfied.
d. In the event of noncompliance the owner or lessees shall be subject to one of the following penalties:
1. Construction of additional parking spaces, equal in number to the spaces originally reduced.
2. If located within a parking lot district, satisfy condition (1) above or pay the annual ad valorem tax as specified in chapter 60 of the Montgomery County Code.
3. Suspension of occupancy permit.
(d) For any office development eligible for parking reductions under this section, the percent reductions are applied to the development's base parking requirement, as described in section 59-E-3.2 which is concerned with computing the parking requirements for office development.
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