Reduced Parking Footprint – Above Green

(1 point)

Intent

To minimize the environmental harms associated with parking facilities, including automobile dependence, land consumption, and rainwater runoff.

Requirements

For new nonresidential buildings and multiunit residential buildings, either do not build new off-street parking lots, or locate all new off-street surface parking lots at the side or rear, leaving building frontages facing the circulation network free of surface parking lots (alleys may be exempted). Use no more than 20% of the total development footprint area for all new off-street surface parking facilities, with no individual surface parking lot larger than 2 acres (0.8 hectare). For the purposes of this credit, surface parking facilities include ground-level garages unless they are under habitable building space. Underground or multistory parking facilities can be used to provide additional spaces. On-street parking spaces are exempt from this limitation. Provide carpool or shared-use vehicle parking spaces equivalent to at least 10% of the total off-street parking spaces for each non-residential and mixed-use building on the site. Such parking spaces must be marked and within 200 feet (60 meters) walking distance of entrances to the building served.