DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING
CHANGES TO PARKING REGULATIONS
FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG ARTESIA AND
AVIATION BOULEVARDS
Community Development
September 9, 2025
Background
1. Artesia and Aviation Area Corridors Plan AACAP
2. City Council Meeting - 8/5/25
3. Land Use Element – AACAP Discussion
• Increased FAR 0.6 to 1.5
• Reduction in parking requirements
• Elimination of open space requirements
• Rooftop dining and signage
4. Directed staff to prepare an ordinance that would
eliminate parking requirements
2 ➢ 6,500 sq. ft. lot
➢ .64 FAR
➢ 4,200 sq. ft. building
➢ 2 stories
➢ 17 parking spaces
➢ Requires valet
3 Parking Constraints
➢ 19,500 sq. ft. lot
➢ 1.5 FAR
➢ 29,000 sq. ft. building
➢ 3 stories
➢ 98-117 parking spaces
➢ 3 level subterranean
garage
4 Parking Constraints
AACAP Parking Study
2,877 parking spaces
• 688 are on-street, public spaces
• 68% Occupancy
• 2,189 are private, off-street spaces
• 50% Occupancy
• More than 1,300 parking spaces are surplus
5 Draft Ordinance
• Eliminates parking requirements within the AACAP for nonresidential uses • Requires Design Review for overlap parking agreements between two or more properties
• Requires Design Review for valet and tandem parking, and mechanical lifts
• If parking is provided, requires that parking lots and garages comply with design standards contained in RBMC Section
10-2.1706
6 Fast Food and Drive-Through Restaurants
• AACAP recommended the City discourage these uses
• Existing ordinance exempts these restaurants from the reduced parking requirements for preferred uses
• Language is conflicting
• Current draft update continues the exemption
• Policy direction is needed on whether to waive parking for these uses
• At minimum the language needs to be modified to make
clear that these uses are not prohibited
7 Possible Ordinance Additions
• Include a requirement that the ordinance is
periodically reviewed
• By City Council and/or Planning Commission
• Add a termination provision based on objective
impacts
• The ordinance could include a requirement for
discretionary entitlement
• CUP or ADR
8 RECOMMENDATIONS
REVIEW AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON A DRAFT ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES ALONG ARTESIA AND AVIATION BOULEVARDS 9