No parking required near major transit

The rule

• No minimum parking for homes, shops, offices or other projects within half a mile of a major transit stop.
• A major transit stop is a rail or bus rapid transit station, a ferry terminal served by bus or rail, or two or more major bus routes crossing with buses every 15 minutes or better at the morning and afternoon peaks.
• Stops planned in the regional transportation plan count too.

The numbers

What you can build

• Build homes, shops or offices with no parking.
• Build parking anyway. Accessible and EV-charging space rules still apply to what you build.
• Charge for the parking you choose to build. The City can't require it to be free for residents.

What it doesn’t allow

• Use it for a hotel, motel or other short-stay lodging.
• Skip staff parking at an event center.
• Rely on it for every project. The City can still require parking if it makes written findings within 30 days, but never for housing with 20% affordable, student, senior or disabled homes, or with fewer than 20 homes.

Check first

• Bus service changes. A stop that loses service can drop out, so note the stop and its schedule when you apply.
• For an ADU, the ADU law has its own rule: no parking within a half-mile walk of public transit.