Agmt22 CHS Consulting Group - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

REV: 03-29-2022 JB Northern California Berkeley – Terri O’Connor (CHS) led a parking study of twenty multifamily housing developments for City of Berkeley that showed parking was overbuilt/underutilized for multifamily housing in transit rich areas of the city. Parking data analysis was complemented with a property manager survey that provided key data about tenants and on-site programs such as permits and TDM. The City Council voted to remove minimum parking requirements in January 2021. Sacramento –Magnus Barber (CHS) was the lead planner on the parking code reform developed for the city in 2012 that eliminated parking minimums in the central business district (CBD) and Arts and Entertainment District. Additional reductions are allowed with TDM. The city recently eliminated minimum parking requirements for most uses in January 2021. San Jose – Is in the process of evaluating parking reforms with the goal of reducing VMT to meet Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan goals. Terri O'Connor was a part of the team that advised/develop initial parking and TDM strategies which are set to be adopted in the Fall 2021. San Francisco – The city eliminated minimum parking requirements citywide in 2019 after beginning neighborhood by neighborhood in 2005. Oakland – The city eliminated parking minimums in transit rich areas in 2016. This policy was supplemented with TDM and parking management policies. Southern California San Diego Transit Districts and Downtown – Terri O’Connor (CHS) was project manager for the 2011 Affordable Housing Parking Study, showing that affordable housing had 50% the demand of market rate counterparts. San Diego has since eliminated multifamily parking requirements in transit districts in 2019. LA Transit Oriented Communities (TOCs) – Parking requirement reductions for areas within ½ mile of frequent transit service were established in 2017. CHS is currently working on a complementary parking reform initiative with LADCP on Pedestrian Oriented Areas (POAs) along the 17-mile Ventura Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan Area. Pacific Northwest Bend, OR - Rick Williams Consulting (RWC) evaluated whether Bend’s minimum parking standards resulted in the over provision (surplus) of off-street parking. They found that across most land uses (including MF residential), the code was driving an overbuild of parking. The Bend City Council has subsequently moved forward to re-evaluate its development code requirements for parking for both residential and commercial land uses. Seattle, WA – RWC was a key team member of the King County Right Size Parking Project. RWC’s roles was to the coordination and data collection effort at 240 individual multi-family developments located throughout King County. The result was the development of data-driven tools to estimate parking use based on context-sensitive land use, transit, and building characteristics. Seattle has since passed a suite of parking reforms in April 2018, including expanding the definition areas “near frequent transit service” making more areas eligible to developed without parking. National Best Practices Buffalo, NY – Adopted citywide unified development ordinance in 2017 eliminating parking requirements and required parking studies for developments over 5,000 square feet. Minneapolis, MN - Eliminated minimum parking requirements citywide in 2018 as part of Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan regardless of project size and/or use. In May 2021, the planning commission approved the ordinance. ATTY/AGR.2022.058/CHS Consulting Group (Page 12 of 15)