REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapters 19.28 (DSP) and 19.46 (Parking) to include Modifications based on the Tandem and Stacker Parking Study Issue (2014-7435); Finding of CEQA Exemption Pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061 (b)(3) - Continued from February 24, 2015
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
In March 2013, the City Council sponsored this study issue following a hearing where the Council approved a development project proposing stacker or mechanical lift parking spaces as part of the project's required parking. Subsequently, the City Council approved another project with stacker parking (also counted as required parking) in July 2013.
As stated in the study issue paper (Attachment 1), this study is intended to determine if stacker and tandem parking spaces could be used to satisfy parking requirements in residential zoning districts. For purposes of this report the term "tandem" includes both end-to-end parking spaces as well as vertical stacker spaces that are dependent on moving one vehicle to access the second vehicle. In determining whether tandem parking should be allowed as required assigned parking, staff looked at the following items:
* Current parking requirements in residential developments;
* Survey of projects using tandem spaces;
* Survey of standards from other cities that allow tandem spaces to satisfy required parking; and
* Allowing tandem spaces based on zoning or geography (e.g. high density residential, Downtown, Lawrence Station) or only in projects that provide affordable housing options.
Based on the research, staff recommends Alternatives 1 and 2 which consist of the following changes to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC):
* Modifications to parking requirements for single-family dwellings that:
o Would allow tandem covered parking in certain circumstances; and
o Would exclude the garage square footage in calculating gross floor area when evaluating the requirement ...
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