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   59-E-3.32.    Credits for specified commercial uses.
   (a)   For general retail uses, regional shopping centers, restaurants, theatres, furniture stores and auxiliary retail uses, the director may approve a 15 percent reduction in the standard parking requirements provided in section 59-E-3.7. This reduction is allowed if the entrance of the proposed use is located within 1,600 feet of a metrorail station entrance as defined in section 59-E-3.21.
   (b)   For regional shopping centers, off-site parking spaces may be allowed under the following circumstances:
      (1)   The off-site parking facility shall be used only by employees of the regional shopping center during seasonal peak periods to help satisfy peak parking requirements.
      (2)   The off-site parking facility will contain no more than 20 percent of the total parking spaces provided for the regional shopping center; and
      (3)   The director/planning board finds that there are appropriate contractual or lease agreements guaranteeing the continued availability, for specified peak shopping periods, of such off-site parking spaces for the regional shopping center. In addition, the director/planning board must find that appropriate administrative mechanisms exist to ensure that employees will be required to use the off-site parking facility during specified peak shopping periods.