San Jose Municipal Code Part 3 Exceptions

Editor's note— Ord. 30857, § 13, adopted Jan. 10, 2023, repealed § 20.90.200, which pertained to off-site, alternating use and alternative parking arrangements - vehicle or bicycle and derived from Ords. 26248, 28836, 29217.

Editor's note— Ord. 30857, § 13, adopted Jan. 10, 2023, repealed § 20.90.210, which pertained to vehicle parking - change in structure or use and derived from Ords. 26248, 27607, 28836, 28858, 30190.

Editor's note— Ord. 30857, § 13, adopted Jan. 10, 2023, repealed § 20.90.220, which pertained to reduction in required off-street parking spaces and derived from Ords. 26248, 26455, 27607, 27955, 28321, 28448, 28449, 28791, 28836, 28858, 29012, 29217, 29821, 30133, 30353, 30396, 30696.

A. Whenever the city council has undertaken proceedings for the formation of an off-street parking assessment district, the city council may, by resolution, exempt the territory within such district from the off-street parking requirements set forth in this Chapter 20.90, or modify such requirements as appropriate.

B. No such exemption or modification of the off- street parking requirements may be approved unless and until the off-street parking assessment district has been formed.

C. The city council may at any time, by resolution, terminate any such exemption or modification if the council determines that the purposes of the off-street parking assessment district will not be achieved.

(Ords. 26248, 28836, 28858.)

A. The director of planning may reduce or eliminate the required short-term bicycle parking spaces on private property with a development permit where all of the following conditions are met:

1. The project provides short-term bicycle parking facilities in the public street within two hundred feet of a publicly accessible building entrance or site in conformance with an encroachment permit approved by the director of public works; and

2. The Director of Planning determines that short-term bicycle parking facilities provided in the public sidewalk or other area of the public street are reasonably convenient and accessible to visitors or patrons of the subject site.

B. There is no right to use the public streets for required bicycle parking spaces and any permits issued that allow for such facilities in the public streets may be revoked for any reason at any time, in which case such facilities shall be provided on private property.

(Ord. 28836.)

The director of planning may reduce or eliminate required long-term bicycle parking spaces for multi-family residential uses with a development permit when the multi-family uses are located in buildings that have individual enclosed garages assigned to each multi-family dwelling unit.

(Ord. 28836.)