Development Standards—Parking and Circulation | Town Center
c. Reduce costs and impacts associated with surface water run-off facilities. To that end the City will encourage appropriate reductions in parking requirements and take steps to provide transportation to and within the Town Center that reduce automobile trips and subsequent need for parking. At the same time the City shall encourage that structured parking be constructed in lieu of surface parking accessory to a development. Structured parking is pursued not only to reduce the surface parking footprint, but also as a means to reduce the cost and impacts of stormwater treatment facilities through green roofs and water collection and re- use, provide the potential for electric plug-in parking and to take advantage of sloped topography on many sites. The long-term goal is that 80 percent of parking for off- street residential and commercial uses be structured, reflecting the envisioned compact and intensive (but smaller scale) land uses in the Town Center. The City recognizes that achieving this goal will require a strategic, incremental approach over time to avoid short-term disincentives to development. In addition to the requirements in subsection 2. of this section, the City may consider partnering with private entities to create a system of parking garages located strategically throughout the mixed-use zones in the Town Center. Appropriate actions may include providing grant funds, public financing mechanisms and planning and design services, and coordinating various parties in public parking projects. 2. At least 80 percent of all required off-street parking for residential uses (except for cottage housing) and for commercial uses or development requiring more than
90 off-street stalls shall be structured (either above, at, or below grade) as opposed to surface parking (on pavement at grade without other uses constructed above the parking level). The City may waive or reduce this requirement for one or more of the following conditions: a. The proponent can demonstrate to the director’s satisfaction that such a parking structure prevents the project from being economically “feasible,” as defined in SDC 21.07.050. To do that the proponent must show through a pro forma that the costs associated with parking increase overall project costs above that which can be supported by market rate rents or sales. b. The parking configuration is such that it can be converted into structured parking at a later date to provide additional parking for development. The City may require that the proponent agree to make the land on which the parking is situated available to the City for garage construction under mutually agreeable terms. c. The parcel configuration or dimensions do not allow structured parking. d. There is an agreement with the City that the proponent will construct structured parking to accommodate any subsequent development or redevelopment. The proponent must show how this will be achieved within a specified time frame. e. Other conditions deemed acceptable to the City that are consistent with the intent stated in 1. above.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 537
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