Parking reforms in Sacramento, CA
- 513,624 residents
- All parking minimums removed
Parking minimum removal
There are currently no minimum parking requirements in the Central Business & Arts/Entertainment District for all land uses. In this district, commercial land uses have parking maximums. The city adopted a housing plan in 2021 which called for further eliminating city-mandated parking minimums and explore instituting parking maximums along established transit corridors. The General Plan passed in February 2024 and implemented in March 2024 will require the city to update the zoning code to eliminate parking minimums citywide. Although the zoning code has yet to be updated, the general plan policy of no minimums will prevail in the interim.
- Status
- Adopted
- Adoption date
- Mar 28, 2024
- Scope
- Citywide
- Affected land uses
- All uses
- Requirements
- By right
- Reporter
- Ryan Dodge, Dov Kadin, & Patrick Siegman
Citation 1
- Source
- 17.608.030 Parking requirement by land use type and parking district.
- URL
- www.qcode.us
Citation 2
- Source
- City of Sacramento Housing Element - 8 year strategy
- Notes
- H.8 is the policy underway
- URL
- www.cityofsacramento.org
Citation 3
- Source
- Sacramento General Plan
- Notes
- LUP-4.14 Elimination of Vehicle Parking Minimums. Page 87
- URL
- sacramento.granicus.com
Parking maximums
Policy record 1
Parking maximums apply to multi-family and nonresidential uses in the Central Business and Arts & Entertainment District.
- Status
- Adopted
- Scope
- City center / business district
- Affected land uses
- Commercial
- Other
- Residential, multi-family
- Requirements
- By right
Citation
- Source
- Sacramento Planning & Development Code
- Notes
- 17.608.030.B.
- URL
- codelibrary.amlegal.com
Policy record 2
Based on the 2040 General Plan, the city is considering expanding parking maximums in the city center and within ½ mile of transit for residential and commercial uses in 2025.
- Status
- Proposed
- Scope
- City center / business district
- Transit-oriented
- Affected land uses
- Commercial
- Residential, all uses
- Requirements
- By right
- Reporter
- Samuel Deetz
Citation
- Source
- Sacramento Parking Revisions page
- URL
- www.cityofsacramento.gov
