5.5.C Calculation of Parking and Loading Requirements

C. Calculation of Parking and Loading Requirements

All square-footage based parking and loading requirements shall be computed on the basis of gross floor area of the subject use. Structured parking within a building shall not be counted in such computation.

When measurements of the number of required spaces result in a fractional number, any fraction of 0.5 or greater shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number and any fraction of less than 0.5 shall be rounded down to the lower whole number.

a. Lots containing more than one use shall provide parking and loading in an amount equal to the total of the requirements for all uses.

b. The total number of spaces may be reduced if the Director approves a parking and loading demand study, prepared by a professional traffic engineer, which shows that on a single auto trip, more than one land use is employed on one lot (see “Shared Parking” published by the Urban Land Institute and Chapter 7, “Parking and Service Facilities,” published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers).

For uses not expressly listed in Table 5.2, Required Off-Street Parking Spaces, the Director is authorized to:

a. Apply the minimum off-street parking space requirement specified in Table 5.2, Required Off-Street Parking Spaces, for the listed use that is deemed most similar to the proposed use (based on operating characteristics, the most similar related occupancy classification, or other factors determined by the Director); or

b. Establish the minimum off-street parking space requirement by reference to parking resources published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) or other acceptable source of parking demand data; or

c. Establish the minimum off-street parking space and loading requirements based on a parking and loading demand study prepared by the applicant according to Section 5.5.C(5), Discretionary Requirement Based on Demand Study.

Uses that reference this subsection in Table 5.2, Required Off-Street Parking Spaces, have widely varying parking and loading demand characteristics, making it difficult to specify a single off-street parking or loading standard. Upon receiving an application for a use subject to this subsection, the Director shall apply the off-street parking and loading standards on the basis of a parking and loading demand study prepared by the applicant. Such a study shall estimate parking demand for the proposed use based on the recommendations of the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE), Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the American Planning Association, or other acceptable source of parking demand data for uses and/or combinations of uses of comparable activities, scale, bulk, area, and location. [Ord. 2020-04 § 1, 9-8-20 (Res. 2020-16)].