1. Parking Reductions. The off-street parking requirements established in Table 156.08.B-A. Off-Street Parking Requirements may be reduced by the following measures, as applicable.
a. VC District Exemption. The requirements of Table 156.08.B-A. Off-Street Parking Requirements shall not apply to non-residential uses in the VC District.
b. Proximity to a Bus Stop. Nonresidential uses that are located within 500 feet of a public transit bus stop with regular, scheduled service, as measured from any point along the lot line, may reduce the total number of off-street parking spaces required by 5%.
c. Proximity to a Municipal Parking Lot. Nonresidential uses that are located within 500 feet of a municipally-owned parking lot, as measured from any point along the lot line, may reduce the total number of off-street parking spaces required by 25%.
d. Fee-In-Lieu. A fee-in-lieu of providing parking spaces may be permitted by the Zoning Administrator. The fee required shall be based upon a uniform fee per parking space established annually by the Village Board. Such payment shall be placed into a fund to be used by the Village for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of public off-street parking lots within the same zoning district as the subject use or within adjacent zoning districts of reasonable proximity to serve the subject use. The property granted the reduction in the number of required off-street spaces shall be credited permanently by ordinance with the number of spaces for which payment was received by the Village.
e. Electric Vehicle Charging Station. Each parking space used as an electric vehicle charging station may be counted as three off-street parking spaces, provided that the space is reserved exclusively for electric vehicle charging purposes, for a credit of up to 10% of the total number of required off-street spaces.
f. Car-Share. Multi-unit dwellings that provide car-share parking spaces may reduce the total number of required parking spaces by five parking spaces for each car-share parking space provided. The applicant shall provide documentation of an agreement with a car-share company in a format approved by the Village Attorney. If this agreement should terminate at any point, then the applicant shall either arrange a new agreement with a car-share company to avoid service interruption, or meet the minimum parking requirements established by this Section.
g. Long-Term Bicycle Parking. Each four long-term bicycle parking spaces provided in accordance with § 156.08.E.4.b (Long-Term Bicycle Parking) may be credited as one motor vehicle space, for a credit of up to 20% of the total number of required off-street spaces.