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CityCouncil | 2021-11-02 | 19 | Ezzy Ashcraft: No. Ayes: 2. Noes: 3. (21-700) Public Hearing to Consider Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Chapter XXX to Comprehensively Update Citywide Off-Street Parking and Loading Space Regulations and Make Conforming Changes to Other Zoning Code Sections, as Recommended by the Planning Board. Introduced. The Land Use and Transportation Planner gave a PowerPoint presentation. Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether any analysis has been done for the City of Alameda's housing developments regarding parking and unit size. The Land Use and Transportation Planner responded the City does not have academic studies of existing parking, but the Planning, Building and Transportation Director may have local anecdotes. The Planning, Building and Transportation Director stated a Bay Area group conducted a survey of Bay Area communities' existing residential projects which observed parking; a couple Alameda projects were included in the study; the results are similar to other cities; newer residential projects were found to not have all parking used; the study indicates the City has been over-parking some residential projects; the Planning Board has been working to figure out the correct amount of parking; the City has not been requiring the total amount of parking listed in the ordinance; the City has regularly been providing parking waivers to try and right-size the parking amounts; the ordinance uses the information as a maximum; the ordinance is not seen as something which will provide a large change in the amount of parking for each project; if a project includes more parking than the maximum listed in the ordinance, the project will need to explain the need; discussed the parking spaces for Park Street; stated a number of properties in Alameda cannot fit a single parking space. Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether the space is commercial or residential, to which the Planning, Building and Transportation Director responded the space is commercial. The Land Use and Transportation Planner stated the space is a small mixed use building with a storefront and residential space. Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated many of the projects are not residential; the residential projects have approved parking spaces; the City has been assigning parking spaces for residential units; inquired whether more than one off-street parking space per unit requires a special permit. The Planning, Building and Transportation Director responded special permission would be needed; the idea is to establish a maximum amount; in order for projects to go above the limit, a discussion is held in order to justify spaces above the maximum. Councilmember Herrera Spencer discussed Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs); stated some of the units have three bedrooms and can be 1,200 square feet. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council November 2, 2021 16 | CityCouncil/2021-11-02.pdf |