Parking areas shall not be located between buildings and the street. A <br />single-story street level parking garage may not occupy the street <br />frontage of a multiple-family development, except for parking garage <br />driveways. <br /> <br />The applicant requests an adjustment to this standard where more than three consecutive parking <br />courts exist and where parking is located between a building and the street, which is allowed, <br />subject to review under the criteria listed at EC 9.8030(8)(f) Vehicle Parking. The relevant approval <br />criteria and findings are provided below: <br /> <br />EC 9.8030(8)(f) Vehicle Parking. The requirements set forth in EC 9.5500(12) may be <br />adjusted if the proposal achieves to the same degree as would strict compliance with <br />the standards all of the following: <br />1.Limitations on the use of continuous parking drives in large-scale multiple-family <br /> <br />developments. <br />2.Limitations on the size of individual parking lots in multiple-family development. <br /> <br />3.Minimal negative aspects of parking uses in multiple-family developments. <br /> <br />Where cost considerations preclude parking beneath or within residential buildings, <br />combinations of partial and interrupted parking drives; on-street parking; and small, <br />dispersed parking courts are an acceptable alternative. <br /> <br />The applicant states that in accordance with EC 9.8030(8)(f), continuous parking drives are limited <br />to the internal vehicular circulation needed to meet the intent of EC 9.6815 and provide efficient <br />connectivity for emergency service vehicles in readily apparent paths without creating excessive <br />travel lengths; individual parking courts within the project are of sizes and widths that do not <br />exceed those stipulated in EC 9.5500(12)(b) and are punctuated and/or separated by landscape <br />islands to further aid in limiting their apparent sizes; and enhanced landscape buffers and <br />pedestrian crosswalks will minimize the negative aspects of parking uses. <br /> <br />The applicant also requests an adjustment to Section EC 9.5500(12)(c) to allow parking between <br />Lombard Street and Building 1. While the applicant believes that the intent of the Code is only to <br />restrict parking in front of primary buildings directly facing the street, out of an abundance of <br />caution the applicant requests this adjustment. The applicant states that the location of Building 1 <br />to the parking provided does not erode any achievement of the standards in EC 9.8030(8)(f)1, 2, or <br />3, in any way that would be different as the parking requires driveway entrances from Lombard <br />Street as shown regardless of the location of Building 1. <br /> <br />The applicant states that the proposal includes enhanced landscape buffers and pedestrian <br />crosswalks that will minimize the negative aspects of the parking use. Additionally, the applicant <br />notes that the proposed design will allow residents to park near their units, and avoid driving <br />down parking aisles and reaching a dead-end that would force them to turn around. The applicant <br />concludes that fewer wasted trips made by drivers searching for parking will increase pedestrian <br />safety and resident livability. provide efficient connectivity significantly <br />hinders the ability to meet strict compliance with EC 9.5500(12). In this case, <br />request for an adjustment is granted. <br /> <br /> (13) On-Site Pedestrian Circulation. Multiple-family developments shall provide <br /> <br />Lombard Apartments (WG 18-3/SR 18-3/ARA 18-8) June 2018 20 <br /> <br />