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TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Emily Schmitz, Code Enforcement
DATE: June 24, 2013
RE: Off - Street Parking Requirements
Background
Interviews were conducted with regularly compared peer communities to understand methodol-
ogies used to calculate off - street parking spaces. The data collected during these interviews
was used to compare our parking requirements to other communities to understand if it would
be necessary to amend certain off - street parking requirements.
Discussion
Cottage Grove's restaurant parking requirement is calculated by dividing three seats into the
seating capacity design or gross floor area, whichever is greater. Using an example building of
6,550 square feet with a seating area capacity of 352, a comparison was done with Cottage
Grove and its peer communities. Required spaces range from 176 to 88 spaces among peer
communities. This range is due to the different size multipliers each community uses while using
the same calculation equation. As shown in the graph, Cottage Grove's requirements for class
one restaurants are just above average when compared to our peer communities.
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Retail off - street parking is calculated using gross floor area. All communities interviewed use
this methodology to calculate their off - street parking for retailers. The variable fluctuates up and
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Off - Street Parking Requirements
June 19, 2013
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down between our peer communities which, as shown in the graph below, create a wide range
of required parking for a 50,000 square foot retail building.
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Senior housing off - street parking is calculated in Cottage Grove using 1.5 spaces per unit.
There are three communities who require 1.5 spaces per unit; the remaining communities use a
variable in the range from one half parking stall per unit to one parking stall per unit.
The example used shows Cottage Grove is one of three communities with the required parking
spaces over the average although staff is not aware of any issues in regard to parking excess
for senior housing developments.
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Requiring senior housing facilities to have a percentage of their parking covered is also a varia-
ble used by communities. Currently we do not require a percentage of parking to be enclosed. If
a facility wanted to enclose a percentage of their parking, this would be included in the calcu-
lated amount of total parking required. Reviewing the project would evaluate necessary outdoor
parking required for the facility if enclosed parking was requested.
Recommendation
Staff recognizes that each case will be evaluated individually depending on their unique situa-
tion. The parking ordinance will be addressed on a case by case basis. Staff is not recom-
mending amending the current ordinance requirements.