A. Administrative Modifications. Requirements for off-street parking may be modified provided that the modifications are noted on tentative and final subdivision plats or development plans in the following cases:
1. Motorcycle Parking. Motorcycle spaces may be provided in place of required car spaces in parking lots of thirty or more spaces, at a maximum of one motorcycle space for every thirty required car spaces.
2. Shared On-Site Parking. If more than one separate use or business is located on a site, the combined number of parking spaces required may be reduced by one percent for each separate use or business, up to a maximum of twenty percent for such combined uses or businesses.
3. Tandem Parking. Required parking spaces within a parking area or garage shall be individually accessible, except that vehicles may be parked in tandem in the following instances:
a. In a public parking area that provides attendants who park vehicles and who are present at all times the area is open for use;
b. In a garage or carport serving a duplex dwelling, multiple dwelling or mobile home park or subdivision, provided that both spaces are for the same dwelling unit, that required aisle widths are maintained and the tandem parking is not more than two cars in depth; or
c. For all-day restricted employee parking located on the same site as a commercial or office establishment, provided that required aisle widths are maintained and no more than twenty percent of the required spaces are so utilized for tandem parking.
B. Subdivision and Development Review Committee Modifications. The subdivision and development review committee may grant the following modifications of off-street parking requirements but in no case may the cumulative parking reduction options exceed thirty percent of the entire parking area:
1. Quantifiable standards of this chapter may be modified up to a maximum of ten percent, when it is demonstrated that an unusual site or use condition exits and when such adjustment will not result in danger to persons or property or in increased traffic.
2. Shared Peak-Hour Parking. The number of parking spaces required for two or more contiguous uses may be reduced up to a maximum of twenty percent of the total spaces required provided all of the following standards are met:
a. The contiguous uses have distinct and differing peak-hour usage, as determined by the subdivision and development review committee;
b. All parking spaces in the shared parking area are located within one thousand two hundred feet of an entrance to each contiguous use;
c. An agreement, to run with the land, is recorded between the separate owners for the shared parking; and
d. There is physical and legal access from the shared parking area to each of the contiguous uses.
3. Reserved.
4. Reserved.
5. Landscaping Increase. The number of parking spaces may be reduced for every two hundred square feet of landscaped bufferyard or amenity landscaping increased above the amount required by Chapter 18.73 up to a maximum of thirty percent of the total spaces required.
C. Individual Parking Reduction Plan. An individual parking reduction plan may reduce the total spaces required. There is no limit to the number of required spaces that may be reduced provided the following standards are met:
1. The plan shall be prepared by a traffic engineer or similar transportation professional and approved by the county's subdivision and development review committee;
2. The plan includes a road impact study for the development;
3. The plan includes a traffic generation study and land use profile of the development;
4. The plan shows that the reduced parking will ensure sufficient parking for the proposed uses;
5. The plan does not impede safe passage of moving traffic and does not increase traffic congestion;
6. A covenant runs with the subdivision plat or development plan noting adherence to the range of uses covered by the reduction plan;
7. A future revision to the covenant restricting uses may require submittal of a revised plan or an increase in parking spaces; and
8. Covered parking shall not be applied toward the total building square footage allowed.
(Ord. 2008-93 § 3, 2008; Ord. 2005-35 § 5 (part), 2005; Ord. 2003-32 § 1 (part), 2003; Ord. 2001-165 § 1 (part), 2001; Ord. 1985-112 § 1 (part), 1985; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)