Troy Fujimoto
From: Troy Fujimoto
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 9:12 AM
To: Ben Johanson; Karla Moseley; Richard Stanton; Steve Miller; Will Nelson Co: Diane Bentley; Jeff Olsen
Subject: FW: Residential Development Standards
Commissioners,
Public comment received for this weeks ARC meeting.
Troy
From: Jack Prosek <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 11:49 AM
To: Troy Fujimoto <[email protected]>
Subject: Residential Development Standards
Troy -
Since we have out-of-town company coming in on Tuesday, I will not be able to participate in the July 1st ARC Study Session on Revisions to the Residential Design & Development Standards. However, I do want to pass along the following comments regarding the requirements for vehicular parking in residential neighborhoods.
While the requirement for a minimum of two on-site parking spaces per single family residence generally is adequate, the City should NOT anticipate that a 2-car enclosed garage is sufficient. A sample survey of two mature PH neighborhoods indicates that most residents will use at least one garage space for storage of bicycles, lawn care & sports equipment, freezer chest / second refrigerator, general household goods, etc. Many of the vehicles that residents have these days are too large even to fit inside a standard size garage. Therefore space is needed to park a minimum of one vehicle in a driveway on each property.
We have heard that the State requires that NO additional parking be provided for any ADUs on a property. While the available street curbs can often accommodate an additional vehicle for one ADU occupant where the lot sizes are a minimum of 7000 sf AND the width of the streets allows for a full width parking lane on at least one side, this mandate is simply unrealistic where the lot sizes are less than 6000 sf. The City should not expect this to be adequate - witness the actual conditions along some of the streets in the Gregory Gardens & Poets Corner neighborhoods where the lots may be large but the streets are narrow .....
These thoughts are primarily based on the investigations that were done during the course of evaluating the first proposal for a new housing development at 401 Taylor.
Jack Prosek
PH Resident / Homeowner
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