Frequently Asked Questions
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What does “Scope of Reform” mean?
- Citywide - the reform applies citywide (special exemptions, hazard zones, etc. are OK)
- City Center/Business District - Reform applies to certain centers_corridors and districts.
- Transit Oriented - Reform is based on transit stations and bus lines.
- Main Street/Special - Reform is specific to certain streets, historic districts, etc.
What does “Policy Change” mean?
- Reduce minimum parking requirements - ratios have been lowered, but not eliminated. This could be overall or based on inclusionary housing, transit proximity, etc.
- Eliminate minimum parking requirements - parking requirements can be completely avoided, either by-right or by reasonable condition.
- Parking maximums - limits on the amount of parking which can be built.
What does “affected land use” mean?
- Commercial - the reform applies to commercial uses
- Industrial - the reform applies to industrial uses
- Other - the reform applies to other uses (eg: schools, churches, arenas)
- Low-Density Residential - the reform applies to single family homes, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes…
- Multi-Family Residential - the reform applies to apartment buildings, midrise, etc.
- High-Density Residential - the reform applies to very large apartments, condos, towers.
What does “implementation stage” mean?
- Proposed - This reform has been proposed by an elected/appointed official or by a planning department, etc.
Bend Councilor Proposes…
- Planned - The city has approved a long range plan or other aspirational guide to study removal/reductions in car parking. Could also be planning commission passage.
- Pilot - The city has temporarily reduced car parking requirements as a pilot.
Passed - City Council or the governing planning body has passed the parking reform policy. (Make note when the policy is to go into effect)
- Implemented - The policy has gone into effect and is the current law of the land.
- Repealed - Parking reform has been reversed due to legal challenges or superceding legislation.
What does the population slider do?
- You can use the population slider to restrict map points to cities with a population within the bounds of the sliders endpoints.
What if I only want to view specific cities at one time on the map?
- The searchbar at the top of the map can be used to restrict the points on the map to specific cities in the dataset.
Why is there overlap between the policy change and affected land uses in cities when I filter for specific things?
- Many city codes apply different reform policies to different areas of their communities, which is something that is captured in full on the ‘detailed information and citations’ page
What if I want to learn more about where parking reforms that apply to affordable housing?
- We have some data in our dataset about exemptions and reductions given for various conditions and qualifications, but the dataset was not comprehensive or verified enough to include in this version of the map.
What are some other conditions or qualifications city require for parking mandate reductions and exemptions?
- By Right - Developments are not required to build any parking, with no preconditions
- Size of Project - Reform applies to projects below a certain number of apartments, square footage, etc.
- Inclusionary Housing - reform applies if affordable housing is included
- Frequent Transit - reform applies to developments served by frequent transit
- Planned Frequent Transit - reform applies if transit agency plans to provide frequent transit
- In Lieu Fees - developer can pay a fee instead of building parking
- Bike Parking - reduction is based on building bike parking
- Car Share - reduction is based on providing space for community vehicles
- TDM - developer must provide transportation demand management for residents or businesses, such as bus passes.
- Tree Preservation - parking requirement can be reduced for tree preservation