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Parking Assessment Parking Study Area 1
A parking assessment was conducted to ensure
the proposed Targeted Development Plan and
recommended development opportuni es could
accommodate necessary parking. In addi on, the
assessment was conducted to ensure parking needs
for exis ng businesses are being considered and
to help iden fy parking recommenda ons. It is
important to note at the me of this study, the City
was undertaking a complete rewrite of its Zoning
Ordinance and some parking standards may change. Study Area 1 consists en rely of Opportunity
A- Senior Living along with related support retail
and day care spaces. Based on the current zoning’s
defi ni on for Supervised Living and the associated
parking space requirements, the project will need to
consider special parking requirements. It is recom-
mended that the Supervised Living requirements for
Downtown areas be reduced from 1.5 spaces per
dwelling unit to less than one space per dwelling
unit. It could even consider using beds in place of
dwelling units such as Arlington’s Nursing Home/
Personal Care parking requirements but further
reduce spaces to one space per two beds.
General notes for the parking assessment:
• The City of Arlington’s Sec on 15-300.B-Shared
Parking tables were not applied for this analysis
in order to fi nd the maximum required spaces
per exis ng code
• The City of Arlington’s Mixed-Use District Sec on
9-1300 along with the current zoning for study
area, Sec on 9-1200 D.16.b. and Sec on 9-1200
E.14.a, require 1/2 of non-residen al standards
per Table 15-400
• Adjacent on-street parking was considered to
meet Mixed-Use District requirements
Parking Study Area 2
Study Area 2 consists of Opportuni es B and J. The
proposed surface parking and adjacent shared
Garage A parking meet the Mixed-Use parking
requirements. It is recommended that future Mixed-
Use Districts further reduce residen al parking
requirements to one space per residen al unit or
one space per bedroom and consider visitor parking
in surrounding garages.
Parking Study Area 3
Study Area 3 consists of Opportuni es D and E
along with the exis ng Vandergriff Town Center.
The proposed surface parking and on-site Garage A
meet the parking requirements. Addi onal spaces
have been shown in Study Area 3 that could be used
by exis ng businesses, during events or as needed
overfl ow from surrounding restaurants.
Map 4.4 illustrates the parking study areas used
for the assessment. Table 4.3 details the parking
assump ons and requirements for each parking
study area. The parking study areas were deter-
mined based on recommended opportuni es and
the planning team’s assump on that future parking
regula ons should be considered based upon
en re blocks or based upon en re redevelopment
projects. While the study area has several base
zoning districts, the City of Arlington’s Mixed-Use
District Sec on 9-1300 was used for this analysis
because a mixed-use style district is recommended
as future zoning for the Division Street Corridor
Strategy. In addi on, the Mixed-Use standards used
for the assessment have more restric ve residen al
parking requirements and the planning team wanted
to ensure the recommended Targeted Development
Plan could meet most future parking standards.
Although the parking assessment considered the
maximum required spaces per the Zoning Ordinance,
this should not be the goal for the Division Street
Corridor.
Parking Study Area 4
Study Area 4 consists of Opportuni es F and
K, por ons of Opportunity G, and the exis ng
restaurants and theater. The proposed surface
parking and shared Garage A meet the parking
requirements. Addi onal spaces have been shown
in Study Area 4 that could be used by exis ng busi-
nesses, during events or as needed overfl ow from
surrounding restaurants.
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