REQUIREMENTS

“We hear loud and clear that there are some places that are hard to park,” Mayor Jason Gray said. “We want to be reactive, but we don’t want to be over-reactive.”

Town sta recommended a modest increase for multifamily development that would get rid of the bedroom-based requirements. Instead, the town will require two spaces per unit regardless of size.

For a 200-unit multifamily project, sta said the changes would increase the total needed parking from 393 spaces to 400 spaces.

Feedback from developers indicates an average need of 1.25 to 1.5 parking spaces per unit.

However, many council members said they didn’t think the proposed two spaces per unit requirement would be enough. Council member Laura Cavey suggested going to 2.15 or 2.25 spaces per unit.

“To me (two spaces per unit) doesn’t seem like enough,” Cavey said. “I mean seven additional spaces; I don’t know if that’s going to garner much help.”

Cavey called the increases “future-proo ng” for potential density issues.

Overall, the council was amenable to the sta -recommended increases, which will be voted on at a future meeting. e parking changes will also be reviewed and voted on by the planning commission.

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