Commissioners press city parking code after Public Storage’s study shows much lower demand

Commissioners expressed surprise at the gap between the city’s parking standard and the applicant’s parking‑study findings. "I find it surprising that the code would call for 68 and just the practicality and the real life study has it quite a bit less than 0.5 of that," Commissioner McAuley said, noting the applicant’s parking study results.

Daniel Miller, zoning administrator, said the city's code currently requires roughly one parking stall per 1,000 square feet of enclosed storage and described that standard as the basis for the 62‑space calculation; he also said staff will compare other jurisdictions' approaches and that a future zoning ordinance amendment (ZOA) is under consideration. The applicant and consultant explained their methodology: a combination of Public Storage's operational data and trip‑generation tables, producing a range of about 0.09–0.32 stalls per 1,000 sq ft depending on the method.

Commissioners suggested staff consider whether the city's parking standard should be adjusted to reflect typical self‑storage operations; staff agreed to research comparables and return with findings if a code amendment is warranted.