The VMU Zone is intended to support compact, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use designs, and to encourage the development of commercial, neighborhood, and village nodes. The following regulations shall apply to mixed-use development and redevelopment of projects and properties in the VMU Zone.
A. The use of parking decks and structures is encouraged. Parking structures and decks should provide the majority of parking in developments made in the VMU Zone.
1. Direct Access Required: Parking decks and structures must provide direct, interior, or weather protected access to the building, uses and projects that they serve.
2. Exception: The Planning Commission may approve parking intended to fill commercial requirements in structures located up to three hundred feet (300') from the commercial location if it can be shown to be necessary.
3. Wayfinding signage and marked pedestrian pathways through structures and sites must be provided in all structure and surface parking.
B. On-street parking adjacent to the development parcel shall not count toward the minimum parking required by this chapter.
C. Minimum Parking Requirements: The parking requirements contained in Table E below are to be applied for mixed-use development and redevelopment within the VMU Zone.
Table E: Required Parking in the VMU Zone | |
Land Use | Minimum Required Parking |
Table E: Required Parking in the VMU Zone | |
Land Use | Minimum Required Parking |
Residential - Studio | 1.25 spaces per unit |
Residential - 1 bedroom | 1.5 spaces per unit |
Residential - 2 bedroom | 2.15 spaces per unit |
Residential - 3+ bedroom | 2.65 spaces per dwelling unit |
Office uses | 1 space per 350 ft2 net usable |
Medical/Dental Offices and Clinics | 1 space per 350 ft2 net usable |
Retail/Commercial | 1 space per 300 ft2 net usable |
Restaurants/Eating & Drinking Establishments | 1 space per 300 ft2 net usable |
Disabled/Accessible | See section 17.72.040 of this title. Other requirements per the Americans with Disabilities Act |
Uses not listed | As determined by the Planning Commission based on comparable standards |
Parking in excess of 125% of minimums | Allowed as approved by the Planning Commission if provided in structures or within the building envelope |
(Ord. 21-21)