Parking reforms in Chapel Hill, NC

Parking minimum removal

Vehicular parking requirements do not apply for uses located within the Office/Institutional-3 or Office/Institutional-4 Districts or for any single family homes or duplexes. Only accessory apartments require parking in the Town Center districts.

Status
Adopted
Scope
  • City center / business district
  • Citywide
Affected land uses
  • All uses
  • Commercial
  • Other
  • Residential, low-density
Requirements
By right
Citation
Source
Chapel Hill Land Use Management
Notes
5.9.7.
URL
library.municode.com
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Parking minimum reduction

Chapel Hill has no parking mandates in the Town Center if the developer pays into the parking fund and/or presents an approved TDM Plan. For all residential uses located in a Residential-Community Priority-Conditional Zoning District (R-CP-CZD), the minimum number of vehicular parking spaces required per dwelling unit is reduced by twenty (20) percent.

Status
Adopted
Scope
City center / business district
Affected land uses
  • All uses
  • Residential, all uses
Requirements
  • By right
  • In-lieu fees
  • Transportation demand management
Citation
Source
Chapel Hill Land Use Management
Notes
5.9.2.(b)(2); 5.9.2.(b)(3); 5.9.7.
URL
library.municode.com
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Parking maximum

Parking maximums apply to all uses, but are higher in the Town Center districts.

Status
Adopted
Scope
Citywide
Affected land uses
All uses
Requirements
By right
Citation
Source
Chapel Hill Land Use Management
Notes
5.9.7.
URL
library.municode.com
  • Screenshot of Chapel Hill Land Use Management