Parking Standards for New Development Projects Study Phase 2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parking Standards for New Development Projects Study Phase 2 – Commercial Uses TASK FORCE MEETING #5 July 18, 2017 City Hall – Sister Cities Conference Room

A GENDA 7:00 PM Welcome and Meeting Recap NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR 7:05 PM Office and Hotel Recap and Review of Parking Map 7:45 PM Retail and Restaurant Parking Discussion 8:45 PM Public Comment 2

R OLE OF T HE T ASK F ORCE Mission: Provide input to City staff on recommended revisions to the City’s parking NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR standards for new development Tasks: A. Provide input on proposed revisions B. Develop consensus (to degree possible) on recommendations C. Submit report to Directors of P&Z and T&ES on recommendations D. Support community engagement efforts by reporting back to commissions, boards, and groups represented 3

R OLE OF THE T ASK F ORCE Date Meeting Topic Meeting #1 March 21, 2017 Parking Study Background  NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR Discuss different requirement approaches  Meeting #2 April 18, 2017 Discuss overarching policies/strategies to  potentially include in recommendations Data Collection findings and discussion of key  factors impacting parking demand and trends Meeting #3 May 16, 2017 Start discussing options and potential  recommendations for office Continue discussing options and potential  Meeting #4 June 20, 2017 recommendations for office and hotel Review Parking Map and potential office and  hotel recommendations Meeting #5 July 18, 2017 Start discussing options and potential  recommendations for restaurant and retail Review potential restaurant and retail  Meeting #6 August 15, 2017 recommendations Discuss shared parking approach  September 19, Meeting #7 Discuss draft recommendations 2017  Finalize recommendations  October 17, 4 Meeting #8 2017

M EETING G OALS • Review proposed parking area map NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR • Finish office and hotel • Discuss retail and restaurant • Trends • Data • Considerations 5

S TUDY P RINCIPLES AND S UPPORTING P LANS NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS • Recognize that providing too much parking has PARKING STANDARDS FOR impacts: • More SOV driving • Climate change / pollution • Safety • Congestion • Undercuts transit • Development more expensive / less affordable • Degraded urban design • Stormwater problems • Consider potential spillover impacts and how to mitigate • Realize the opportunity for a more sustainable and modern parking policy 6

S TUDY P RINCIPLES AND S UPPORTING P LANS • Mayors National Climate Action NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Agenda – Commit to a set of local PARKING STANDARDS FOR actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Strategic Plan – Increase commuters using alternative transportation options • Transportation Master Plan – Identify policies that encourage transit use; support principles of TOD; include maximum parking ratios • Environmental Action Plan – Reduce parking ratios and encourage shared parking • Vision Zero Policy – sets a goal of zero traffic deaths/injuries by 2028 7

PARKING STANDARDS FOR 8 NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS P ARKING S TANDARDS – O FFICE AND H OTEL

J UNE 20 TH M EETING R ECAP • Reviewed office and hotel data NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR • Min/max approach • Ratios in/out of Enhanced Transit Areas • Potential office and hotel ratios 9

P ARKING S TANDARDS - O FFICE Enhanced Transit Map Concept NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Gray area PARKING STANDARDS FOR includes ½ mile from: existing and • future Metro entrances existing and • future Transitway stops King Street • Trolley stops 10

P ARKING S TANDARDS - O FFICE Potential recommendation for Discussion NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR Min (spaces per Max (spaces per 1,000 sf) 1,000 sf) Within Enhanced 1.25 0.25 Transit Area Outside Enhanced 0.75 1.75 Transit Area Note: Parking modifications through an SUP would still be possible 11

P ARKING S TANDARDS - H OTEL Potential recommendations NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR Base Ratio Min (spaces Max (spaces per per room) room) Within Enhanced Transit 0.2 0.4 Area Outside Enhanced Transit 0.25 0.7 Area • Consider other hotel uses (restaurant/retail/ conference) with retail discussions Note: Parking modifications through an SUP would still be possible 12

PARKING STANDARDS FOR 13 NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS R ETAIL AND R ESTAURANT P ARKING S TANDARDS –

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT Trends/Impacts NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR • Online shopping/delivery • Fewer department stores • Neighborhood serving retail vs. regional retail • Local restaurants vs. chains • Specialty gyms/exercise studios • Expansion potential 14

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Alexandrians walk to: PARKING STANDARDS FOR 3 8 % , 3 1 Residents walked to a restaurants, % retail in the grocery stores , previous month : & 2 7 2016 “Transportation and other non-grocery % Needs Survey” retailers . On-street parking 95% Customers/Employers impacts are who park on-street geographically within two blocks of destination confined . Zero. Number of garages People choose to park where people on-street for parked on-street convenience . because they were full 15

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT Current Retail Parking Requirements: NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR District MINIMUM Requirement (per 1,000 sf) 1 4.3-5.0 2 4.8-5.5 3 5.2-6.0 4 5.2-6.0 5 5.2-6.0 6 4.3-5.0 King Street Transit 2.0 Parking District Central Business District No requirement for parcels smaller than 10,000 sf 16

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT Current Restaurant Parking Requirements: NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PARKING STANDARDS FOR Area MINIMUM Requirement General 1 space per 4 seats In a hotel in Parking 1 space per 8 seats District 1 King Street Transit 1 space per 10 seats District Central Business District No requirement 17

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT Other Parking Requirements: NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS • Personal Service Shop – 2.5 spaces per 1,000 sf PARKING STANDARDS FOR • Commercial School – 1 space per 2 “seats” Personal Service: A store or shop providing personal, financial, technical or repair services, assistance or advice to individual consumers, including but not limited to: Arts and crafts studios or stores; • Appliance repair and rental; • Banks, savings and loans, and credit unions; • Bicycle repair; • Barbershops and beauty shops; • Contractors' offices, without accessory storage; • Dressmakers and tailors; • Dry-cleaning and laundry pickup stations; • Laundromat; • Locksmiths; • Musical instrument repair; • Optical center; • Pawnshops; • Private school, academic, with a maximum of 20 students on the premises at any one time; • Professional photographer's studios; • Shoe repair; • Furniture upholstering shops; • 18 Watch repair; • Printing and photocopy service; •

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Shopping Center – use ratio for each specific use PARKING STANDARDS FOR within the shopping center A building or complex of buildings under common ownership and control which includes at least five independent retail businesses, provides shared parking, and is at least 35,000 square feet of floor area in size . 19

P ARKING S TANDARDS – R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT Small Area Plan Parking Requirement: NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Planning Area MAXIMUM Parking Ratio (per 1,000 sf) PARKING STANDARDS FOR Beauregard 4.0 (Phase 1) (District 5) 3.5 (Phase 2) Braddock 3.0 (Retail) (Districts 1 & 6) * First 15,000 sf of grocery and first 1,200 sf of other retail is exempt 1 space per 4 seats (Restaurant) * First 60 seats exempt Eisenhower East 2.0 (Within 1,500 feet of the Metro Station) (Districts 4 & 6) 3.5 (More than 1,500 feet from the Metro Station) Landmark/Van Dorn 3.0 (neighborhood retail) & 4.0 (regional retail) (Initial (District 3) Phase) 2.0 (neighborhood retail) & 3.0 (regional retail) (Improved Transit Phase) North Potomac Yard 3.5 20 (District 1)

Spaces per 1,000 SF * Oakville ratio is a maximum 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1.51 5.2 Floor and Décor 1.73 4.5 700 N. Washington P ARKING S TANDARDS – 312 S. Washington 2.03 4.8 Required Parking Ratio Street Potomac Yard – 2.58 4.3 Landbay G R ETAIL /R ESTAURANT 2.64 0.9 Giant-Potomac Yard 4 Approved RETAIL Parking Reductions 2.88 1.8 4.3 Harris Teeter 4.5 Belle Pre Retail 3 Approved Parking Ratio 3.09 1800 Mount Vernon 5.2 Gateway at King and 3.23 5.2 Beauregard - Grocery Gateway at King and 3.5 5.2 Beauregard - Other Retail 3.54 Safeway-King Street 1.4 5.2 Observed Ratio Aldi and CVS – Monroe 1.5 3.8 4.8 Ave 4.8 Oakville Triangle 4 * Aldi 4.1 5.5 NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 21 PARKING STANDARDS FOR