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c. Efficient and flexible parking also makes use of on-street parking where appropriate, thus reducing the
overall amount of pavement dedicated to parking within each District.
5.11 OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS
For all Districts within the Indigo Ridge Development, the construction of any new building or expansion of gross
square footage of an existing building shall be required to provide off-street parking in accordance with the parking
requirements provided in Figure 5.9.
a. Residential parking reductions are not permitted.
b. Non-Residential parking standards may be reduced between Ten Percent (10%) and Twenty Percent (20%) if
within close proximity to a Rail Transit Station.
c. On-street parking may be used to meet no more than Five Percent (5%) of Non-Residential parking
requirements.
d. No motor vehicles shall be parked for inventory purposes anywhere within the Indigo Ridge Development,
including all sales, rental, and/or service establishments of both new and used motor vehicles.
Figure 5.10 - Off-Street Parking Requirements
Use
Residential (Attached)
Office
Retail
Restaurant
Hotel
Off-Street Requirement
1 to 2 bedrooms – 1.5 spaces per DU
3 to 4 bedrooms – 3 spaces per DU
4 spaces per 1000 square feet
4 spaces per 1000 square feet
1 space per 100 square feet
1 space per guest room (up to 250 rooms); plus
0.75 space per room for each above 250 (if applicable); plus
1 space per each 5 restaurant or lounge area seats; plus
1 space for each 125 square feet of meeting/conference room area.
5.12 PARKING GARAGES
Parking garages in the Indigo Ridge Development shall conform to the following:
a. Parking garages shall not exceed the maximum building heights as defined in these Guidelines.
b. Parking garages shall have a façade design similar to surrounding buildings along the street front. Garages
should be located behind buildings when possible in order to minimize their visibility from adjacent streets.
c. Where a parking garage must be located adjacent to a street, its facades shall be designed with both vertical
(changes in planes, columns, pilasters, etc.) and horizontal (aligning with horizontal elements along the block)
articulation and the building materials shall be compatible with the material of the building the parking
garage serves.
d. Parking garages shall be designed and screened in such a way that motor vehicle headlights on all parking
levels are hidden from view from all adjacent streets. Parking garage ramps shall not be visible from any
street. Ramps shall not be located on the perimeter of the parking structure. Architectural screens shall be
used to articulate the façade, hide parked vehicles, and shield the lighting inside the structure.
e. Off-street below-grade parking may be built to the property lines, but must be designed to allow landscape
planting at grade as required by the Street Standards.
f. Wayfinding signage should be provided to direct drivers to the parking garage.
g. All parking garages in the Property must adhere to the following design standards:
1) On the first Two (2) above-ground levels of the garage, non-open portions of the exterior shall be
clad in a material architecturally compatible with the building the garage serves;
2) Open areas above the second level shall substantially be covered with ventilated grating material or
similar material; and,
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