A reduction in the number of required off-street parking spaces is permitted in compliance with the following:
(a) Allowance For Shared Parking.
(1) Parking spaces that are designed and developed to comply with the requirements for one building or use shall not be counted as fulfilling the parking requirement of another building or use except as specifically permitted in this section. The Planning Commission may approve a development plan with a reduction in the number of parking spaces required if it can be shown that the lesser number of spaces is appropriate and consistent with these regulations and when it is determined that in a project with more than one use or a single-use project for which the different components of the use have varying peak demands, the uses can be adequately accommodated with a lesser number of parking spaces than that which is required based on the sum of the various uses computed separately.
(2) The required parking spaces for a proposed use can be accommodated on an adjacent or nearby site within four hundred feet walking distance, provided that binding, recorded agreements are made between the business owners and property owners of uses that are not normally open, used or operated during the same hours to ensure the perpetual joint use and maintenance of such shared parking areas and the continuance of such upon transfer of ownership. The binding agreement shall specify the parking spaces that shall be shared. In such case, not more than fifty percent of the required parking spaces shall be shared.
(b) Deferred Construction Of Required Spaces. If the number of parking spaces required in Schedule 1292.04 is substantially larger than the number anticipated by the applicant and the applicant provides sufficient evidence that supports the reduced parking needs, a development plan may be approved with an allowance for the construction of a lesser number of parking spaces provided that:
(1) The total number of spaces initially constructed shall not be less than seventy percent of the spaces required by Schedule 1292.04, Required Off-street Parking Spaces.
(2) Suitable area(s) are reserved for the construction of the balance of the total number of spaces otherwise required by Schedule 1292.04. Such suitable areas shall be illustrated on the development plan in locations and with landscaping in full compliance with this Zoning Code. Such areas shall not be counted towards any open space requirement set forth in this Zoning Code.
(3) The Planning Commission, upon reevaluation of the project's parking needs, may at any time direct that some or all of the parking spaces identified in subsection (b) be constructed.
(Ord. 2009-17. Passed 9-15-2009.)