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Vasavi Pilla, Sr. Planner

David Nevarez, Sr. Traffic Engineer

Sustainable Development and

Construction

Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC)

June 18, 2020

Background

• On October 3, 2019, City Plan Commissionauthorized a public hearing to consider amendingChapters 51 and 51A of the Dallas DevelopmentCode, with consideration to be given to amendingoff-street parking and loading requirementsincluding, but not limited to, hotel, restaurant,multifamily, and alcoholic beverage establishmentuses, and transit-oriented development.

• On March 5, 2020, ZOAC was briefed on thisitem.

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Overview

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• Current Parking Regulations

• ITE’s Parking Generation Manual

• ULI’s Shared Parking

Current Parking Regulations

• Parking Special Exceptions

• Tree Preservation Parking Reduction

• Administrative Parking Reduction

• Reduction for Providing Bicycle Parking

• Zoning Districts with specific parking regulations

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Parking Special Exceptions

• BDA special exceptions, after meeting the criteira: o25% of parking reduction for all uses

o75% for the commercial amusement (inside, except for

dance hall) use and the industrial (inside) use

o35% or one space for office use

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Tree Preservation Parking Reduction

• One for each protected tree (as defined in Article X) retained that would otherwise have to be removed.

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Administrative Parking Reduction

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Parking Reduction for Bicycle Parking

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• For every six Class I bicycle parking spacesprovided on a building site, one off-street parkingspace reduction

• For every four Class II bicycle parking spacesprovided on a building site, one off-street parkingspace reductiono A minimum of 20 off-street parking spaces must

be required in order to receive a parking reductionof one space.

o Class I and Class II bicycle parking reductionscannot exceed five percent

o Additional five percent by providing showers,lockers, and changing facilities for bicycle riders,all uses except for residential and retail andpersonal service uses.

Zoning Districts with specific parking requirements

• Parking District [(A)]

• Off-Street Parking in Central Business District

• Handicap Parking Regulations

• Off street stacking

• Mechanized parking

• Remote parking

• Shared parking

• Packed parking

• Parking Management Overly District:

• Article XIII-Form Districts Parking9

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Z190-002Parking

Vasavi Pilla, Sr. Planner

David Nevarez, Sr. Traffic Engineer

Sustainable Development and

Construction

Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee (ZOAC)

June 18, 2020

Research and Review

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• Current Parking RegulationsoHistory of parking code revisions and amendments

oAnalyze current Off-Street Parking regulations (51A-4.201 through 51A-4.271) including Special Exceptions (51A-4.311)

Index Cities/Other Cities Research

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• Austin

• Baltimore

• Boston

• Columbus

• El Paso

• Fort Worth

• Houston

• Philadelphia

• Phoenix

• Tempe, Arizona

• Portland

• San Diego

• San Jose

• San Antonio

• Seattle

Research and Review

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• Local and National Parking Studies

o American Planning Association

o ULI

o TREC parking studies

o CECAP

o DART

o National Transportation Studies

o Transportation Policy Research Studies

o Other studies

Research and Review

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• Internal City Meetings

o Department of Transportation

o Planning and Urban Design

oOffice of Economic Development

o Office of Environment Quality

o Building Inspection

o Housing

o City Attorney's Office

o Engineering

Research and Review

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• Outreach

o Industry Meetings ▪ Texas Real Estate Council (TREC)

▪ Developers

▪ Planning Consultants

▪ Traffic Engineers/consultants

▪ Neighborhood Associations

▪ Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, Texas Apartment Association

▪ Greater Dallas Restaurant Association, Texas Restaurant Association

▪ Texas Hotel and Lodging Association, Hotel Association of North Texas

▪ Chambers of Commerce

Research and Review

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• Outreach oCitywide Community Engagement Meetings

▪ Newspaper

▪ Interested parties list

▪ Social Media

▪ Webpage for the Parking Code Amendment and with an option to register the email-id

▪ Council Offices

▪ Early notification list

▪ CPC and ZOAC mailing list

▪ Neighborhood groups mailing list (Planning and Urban Design mailing list)

Parking Code Amendment webpage

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• Webpage

• Reference Material, documents will be posted online

https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/planning/Pages/Code-Amendments.aspx

• Interested Parties can signup at parkingcode@dallascityhall.com