Unified Development Ordinance, 31st Supplement, May 2024

Article 7.1. ​Parking | CHAPTER 7. ​GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Sec. 7.1.3. Specialized Vehicle Parking Requirements

Sec. 7.1.4. Vehicle Parking Mitigation A. Applicability

These requirements control over any other requirements in this UDO. A. Downtown District (DX-) 1. No more than 2 on-site vehicle parking spaces per dwelling unit are allowed. For studio or one-bedroom units, no more than 1.5 spaces per unit are allowed. 2. The ground story of structured parking must have active uses (such as, but not limited to, residential, commercial, office or civic space) located between the parking structure and any public sidewalk along a primary street or where the structured parking is within 30 feet of any other public sidewalk notwithstanding the existence of an intervening lot, unless the intervening lot is improved with an active use between the sidewalk and the structured parking. 3. Ramping in the parking structure shall be internalized or otherwise screened. 4. The ground floor facade treatment of any parking structure facade (building materials, windows and architectural detailing) shall be continued on upper stories. Upper stories of shall be designed with a maximum horizontal and vertical rhythm of 30 feet that aligns with other elements along the block face. 5. The maximum blank wall area (see Section 1.5.10.) of any parking structure façade shall be 20’. This requirement does not apply to screening elements affixed to the façade and used tp meet the requirements of Sec. 7.2.5.F. B. TOD Overlay District (-TOD) 1. No more than 2 on-site vehicle parking spaces per dwelling unit are allowed. For studio or one-bedroom units, no more than 1.5 spaces per unit are allowed. 2. Surface vehicle parking associated with a nonresidential use may not exceed the number enumerated in Sec. 7.1.2.C.

This section applies to all projects that meet both of the following criteria: 1. Include more than 16 residential units and/or more than 10,000 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area. 2. Provide more than the number of vehicle parking spaces shown in Section 7.1.2. B. Mitigation Requirements Projects that meet the above criteria must mitigate the impact of the provided vehicle parking as follows: Projects in DX or TOD districts or in zones with an Urban Frontage, projects that provide vehicle parking beyond the maximum shall incorporate all of the following: 1. Include any vehicle spaces beyond the maximum within a parking structure. 2. Make at least 20 percent of vehicle spaces beyond the maximum available to the general public or shared with another property or use. 3. Provide, for the vehicle spaces beyond the maximum, 50 percent more electric vehicle ready, capable, or similar EV-supporting spaces than would otherwise be required. ​ Projects in all other districts that provide vehicle parking beyond the maximum shall choose one of the following two options:

1. a. Provide all parking spaces within a parking structure; and

b. Provide, for the vehicle spaces beyond the maximum, 50 percent more electric vehicle ready, capable, or similar EV-supporting spaces than would otherwise be required. 2. a. Provide all vehicle spaces no closer to the primary street than the front façade of the principal building; and

7 – 7 Published May 2024

Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina

Supp. No. 31