§9228.3 REDUCTION OF REQUIRED VEHICLE PARKING

The parking required by Table 14 may be reduced in compliance with the following:

A. Shared Parking: The parking required for more than one use of a single building or parcel may be reduced based on Table 15: Vehicular Shared Parking Factor. The number of parking spaces required shall be determined by Table 14: Number of Parking Spaces Required by Zone, multiplied by the shared parking factor applicable to the mix of uses.

Table 15: Vehicular Shared Parking Factor

B. Special Needs Housing: The Planning Director may approve a reduction in parking requirements not exceeding thirty percent (30%) for housing projects with at least four (4) dwelling units reserved for seniors, disabled persons, emergency shelters, transitional housing, single room occupancies, or other special needs housing with reduced parking demand based on factors such as age of occupants, disabilities, household size, or other factors that support a finding of reduced parking demand. An agreement acceptable to the City restricting the use consistent with the reduction in parking may be required to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder. For the purposes of this subsection, “senior” means a person sixty-two (62) years of age or older, or fifty-five (55) years of age in a senior citizen housing development as defined in California Civil Code section 51.3.

C. Affordable Housing Projects: In any district, the Planning Director may approve a reduction in parking requirements not exceeding twenty percent (20%) for housing projects with at least four (4) units affordable to persons of low, very low, or extremely low income as defined by the California Health and Safety Code based on factors that support a finding of reduced parking demand. An agreement

acceptable to the City ensuring the long-term affordability of the housing units shall be required and recorded in the office of the County Recorder. The term “long-term” shall mean the typical time frame required for affordable housing projects associated with HOME grants and other affordable housing funding sources.

D. Residential Housing Projects: In any district, the sum of the separate parking requirements for each use in a mixed residential/commercial project may be reduced by not more than thirty-five percent (35%) where day and night-time uses offset parking demand based on documentation that supports a finding of reduced parking demand. An agreement acceptable to the City restricting the use consistent with the reduction in parking may be required to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

ach use in a mixed residential/commercial project may be reduced by not more than thirty-five percent (35%) where day and night-time uses offset parking demand based on documentation that supports a finding of reduced parking demand. An agreement acceptable to the City restricting the use consistent with the reduction in parking may be required to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

E. Bicycle Parking Facility: A reduction of parking spaces may be granted to projects involving new construction at a rate of one vehicle space for every five (5) bicycle parking spaces provided. The required vehicular parking shall not be reduced by more than two (2) spaces under this subsection. A bicycle parking space is a designated area within a facility designed for the parking and securing of bicycles.

F. Off-Site Parking: A project that is not located in Downtown Parking District No. 1 may locate required parking away from the site of the proposed use.

1. Less Than One-Quarter Mile: Off-site parking may be located up to one-quarter mile from the site it serves with approval of a minor exception.

2. More Than One-Quarter Mile: Off-site parking may be located more than one-quarter mile from the site it serves and may be considered by major exception. When considering the location of parking more than one-quarter mile from the site served, the review authority shall consider: whether adequate provisions, such as shuttle service, have been provided; if the project is well served by public transit; and if the project provides bicycle facilities or other alternative forms of transportation.

3. Guarantee of Availability: Required parking spaces that are located off site shall be committed by a recordable covenant, lease, or other agreement that is acceptable to the City Attorney.

G. Reduction of Water Pollution and Stormwater Run-Off: When a site is provided with low impact development improvements that treat all of the parking area(s) or the parking area is constructed of permeable surfaces, the number of parking spaces required shall be reduced by twenty percent (20%). If the LID improvements treat or permeable surface is used for only a fraction of the parking area, then only a proportionate fraction of the twenty percent (20%) reduction in the parking requirement shall be granted.

H. In-Lieu Fees.

1. Owners of property (a single parcel or combination of contiguous parcels) smaller than seven thousand (7,000) square feet in area may pay an in-lieu fee rather than providing all the required on-site parking spaces. The increased developable portion of the parcel that would have been used for vehicle parking spaces shall not be solely used for structure(s) or building expansion. A reasonable amount of area, as determined by the City Design Review Board, shall be landscaped and/or developed as an outdoor component of the project.

ay an in-lieu fee rather than providing all the required on-site parking spaces. The increased developable portion of the parcel that would have been used for vehicle parking spaces shall not be solely used for structure(s) or building expansion. A reasonable amount of area, as determined by the City Design Review Board, shall be landscaped and/or developed as an outdoor component of the project.

2. Owners who propose to construct, demolish, reconstruct or make structural additions to a commercial structure on a parcel of land consisting of less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet may elect to pay a fee in lieu of providing on-site parking spaces required by Table 14: Number of Parking Spaces Required by Zone. The actual amount of the fee per parking space shall be established pursuant to sections 9542 and 9544 of this code.

3. All in-lieu fees for parking purposes shall be used by the City for the construction or improvement of automobile or bicycle parking facilities or alternative transportation facilities at an appropriate time which serves the employees and customers of the commercial area within Parking District No. 1.

4. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the property owner shall pay the required in-lieu fee to the City. (Ord. 1139, §2 (Exh. A, 9.030), adopted 2012)