(A) General. Table 46-1 specifies the number of off-street parking spaces required for permitted land uses.
(B) Fractional spaces. All fractional spaces will be rounded up to the next highest whole number.
(C) Combined uses. When two or more uses are combined on a given site, the required parking will be calculated as the combined total required for each individual use. Where two or more uses exist within a single building, parking will be calculated based on the percentage of floor area devoted to each use.
(D) Compact and handicap parking. The calculation of the number of compact and handicap parking spaces to be provided will be based upon the total number of spaces required. Handicapped (accessible) parking must comply with standards set forth in the Building Code.
(E) Unspecified land use. If a land use is not specifically listed in Table 46-1, the Planning Director will decide which standard most closely reflects the demand for parking that will be generated by the proposed project.
(F) Reduction of spaces.
(1) The minimum number of required parking spaces for a use or combination of uses on the same or adjoining sites may be reduced by not more than 50% and other parking requirements adjusted, subject to minor modification in accordance with Chapter 16.222 of this Title 16, when the Planning Director finds that adequate parking is provided for customers, employees, clients, residents, and visitors. If the project is subject to the issuance of a discretionary permit, such as a conditional use permit, the Planning Commission will review the request for the adjustment of parking requirements.
(2) The applicant must demonstrate that parking demand will be reduced by one or more methods, including, but not limited to, carpools/vanpools, varied work shifts, use of company-operated buses, transit/vanpool fare subsidy, preferential parking for carpools/vanpools, shared parking facilities or bicycle parking facilities. The applicant must show how the measures will be implemented, the permanency of such measures, the number of vehicles the measures will replace, the person responsible for implementing the measures (if any) and other pertinent information.
(3) A notice of land use restriction must be recorded to inform future buyers of the property of the requirements of the approved parking reduction.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1172, passed 7-2-07)