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Table 1-2: Downtown Parking Supply Summary
1
12
23
0
23
19
19
42
13
12
0
12
15
15
27
14
50
0
50
32
32
82
Subtotal
638
773
1,411
426
1,199
1,837
VTA and Courthouse Parking
16
273
465
738
0
465
738
Total
911
1,238
2,149
426
1,664
2,575
Notes:
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For more detail, see Table F-1 in the Appendix 1-F
Parking Supply Rates and In-Lieu Fee
The Downtown Specific Plan, adopted in 2009, includes required parking rates for new
development within the Commercial Business District (CBD) and the Downtown High-
Density Residential (D-R4) zones. Those rates are as follows:
Downtown Parking Rates
Retail
Office
Residential
2.8 spaces / 1,000 s.f.
4.0 spaces / 1,000 f.g.
1.0 space per unit ˂ 600 s.f.
1.5 spaces per unit ˃600, ˂ 1,350 s.f.
2.0 spaces per unit ˃ 1,350 s.f.
All the other zones within the Downtown are to follow the parking requirements within the
Zoning Ordinance in the Municipal Code.
To assist and encourage redevelopment within the Downtown, a resolution was passed on
June 5, 2013 to allow for a parking-in-lieu fee for all non-residential projects, and exempts
non-office commercial uses from all parking requirements (including the in-lieu-fee). This
standard is valid as long as the parking surplus remains within the scope of the Downtown
Specific Plan and/or parking demand does not exceed an 85% occupancy rate.