Real Parking, Paper Parking and How to Stop Confusing the Two N EW P ARTNERS FOR S MART G ROWTH F EBRUARY 2, 2012 M OTT S MITH Civic Enterprise Associates.

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Real Parking, Paper Parking and How to Stop Confusing the Two N EW P ARTNERS FOR S MART G ROWTH F EBRUARY 2, 2012 M OTT S MITH Civic Enterprise Associates LLC

Note: This presentation focuses on issues particular to walking districts. But the points are applicable more broadly, too.

Part 1: Real Parking = Actual Physical Places for Cars

Part 1: Real Parking = Actual Physical Places for Cars

What can you measure about real parking? How many spaces are there?

What can you measure about real parking? How many spaces are there? Where exactly are they?

What can you measure about real parking? How many spaces are there? Where exactly are they? What kind of spaces are they? (on-street versus off-street, surface versus structure, etc.)

What can you measure about real parking? How many spaces are there? Where exactly are they? What kind of spaces are they? (on-street versus off-street, surface versus structure, etc.) Who owns them? (Public versus private, etc.)

What can you measure about real parking? How many spaces are there? Where exactly are they? What kind of spaces are they? (on-street versus off-street, surface versus structure, etc.) Who owns them? (Public versus private, etc.) How heavily are they used?

Santa Monica-Melrose West Source: CEA Survey

Santa Monica-Melrose West

Despite all this, we base most everyday planning decisions on paper parking, not the real stuff.

Part 2: Paper Parking: The basis of entitlements decisions. A lot like a financial derivative.

Part 2: Paper Parking: The basis of entitlements decisions. A lot like a financial derivative.

Part 2: Paper Parking: The basis of entitlements decisions. A lot like financial derivatives.

This is not a parking space. It is just an agreement.

This is not a parking space. It is just an agreement.

Paper parking.

Illustration: A Tale of Two Restaurants

Unpopular Restaurant 3 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 1 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 2 (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 14 (4,000 SF) P 500 spaces A Street Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces

Unpopular Restaurant 3 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 1 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 2 (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 14 (4,000 SF) P 500 spaces A Street Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces

Illustration (not an actual case)

Unpopular Restaurant 3 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 1 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 2 (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 14 (4,000 SF) P 500 spaces A Street Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces

Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Leased to a restaurant. Needs 36 spaces (9 per 1,000 SF). What can they do?

Option 1. Build the parking

No space or money for major construction project. City would prefer no auto traffic across sidewalk.

Option 2. Grandfathering.

Option 1. Grandfathering. No prior restaurant use.

Option 3. In lieu fees.

4,000 SF / 1,000 * 9 = 36 spaces required. 36 * $20,000 = $720,000.

Option 3. In lieu fees. $720,000 + a custom parking study breaks the bank.

Option 4. Off-site lease for 36 spaces

Unpopular Restaurant 3 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 1 (4,000 SF) Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 2 (4,000 SF) Unpopular Restaurant 14 (4,000 SF) P 500 spaces A Street Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces

Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces

Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) $3,600/month Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) $3,600/month Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant Restaurant provides City with a copy of the lease

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Vacant Building A (4,000 SF) $3,600/month Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant Restaurant provides City with a copy of the lease If carwash spaces are “above code,” restaurant can be approved.

Possible outcomes

P 500 spaces Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces New Restaurant A (4,000 SF) Possible outcome #1 Restaurant is moderately successful Most patrons park at car wash Actual peak utilization is 36 spaces Neighboring uses stay the same Everything is cool

P 500 spaces Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces New Restaurant A (4,000 SF) Possible outcome #2 Restaurant is wildly successful All patrons park at car wash Actual peak utilization 72 cars

Today, the City has no good way to tell whether Outcome #1 or Outcome #2 actually happened. But it needs to know in order to make good decisions about future projects. And it needs to know in order to effectively manage the public parking it controls.

P 500 spaces Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces New Restaurant A (4,000 SF) Second Neighborhood Restaurant Vacant Building “B” gets leased Vacant Building B (4,000 SF)

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Second Neighborhood Restaurant Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Second Neighborhood Restaurant Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant $3,600/month

Mysterious Car Wash With “72” parking spaces Second Neighborhood Restaurant Vacant Building B (4,000 SF) Carwash leases 36 “paper” parking spaces to restaurant $3,600/month Applicant provides City with a copy of the lease

What does the City do now? Is there enough parking at the car wash or isn’t there?

This is where the process can get ugly.

So why do we put our planning staff and project applicants through this craziness?

1. Because that’s what the code says.

2. Because we think more off-street parking means less on-street congestion. (and this is patently false)

2. Because we think more off-street parking means less on-street congestion. (and this is patently false)

Santa Monica-Melrose West Source: CEA Survey

Santa Monica-Melrose West

3. And if there really is enough off-street supply already, project applicants should be able to prove it—and guarantee it.

4. Because some mistakenly believe we can trade reduced parking requirements for community benefits. (Less parking = lower values = nothing to trade)

4. Because some mistakenly believe we can trade reduced parking requirements for community benefits. (But less parking = lower values = nothing to trade)

Example: AB 710: Reduced parking requirements near transit

Housing Units Produced in City of L.A Sources: L.A. Housing Dept., L.A. Dept. of Building & Safety, SCAG

Units in Density Bonus Projects, City of L.A., Sources: L.A. Housing Dept., L.A. Dept. of Building & Safety, SCAG

How does a reliance on paper parking create issues?

It can be extraordinarily complicated to track.

Just because an applicant leases offsite parking doesn’t mean they use it.

Just because it’s leased doesn’t mean anyone parks in it.

... Unless they’re being photographed...

Source: CEA Survey of Santa Monica-Melrose West, West Hollywood Moreover, people look at real parking to assess conditions in their neighborhood.

Human behavior thus determines the state of real parking in any neighborhood. And all the paper parking in the world cannot change that.

Source: CEA Survey of Santa Monica-Melrose West, West Hollywood

So what is a planner to do?

1. Make paper parking much more representative of real parking.

Old Pasadena Parking District

Old Pasadena Source:

“Parking Credits” Typically, one credit satisfies one space requirement. (Possible to create daytime and nighttime standards) Building owners “lease” credits from the City. Creates “park once” neighborhoods, more efficient use of resources, less expensive and more predictable than alternatives. Better way to manage development and parking in destination districts

“Parking Credits” Born in Pasadena (ht Marsha Rood) Implemented on a pilot basis in L.A. Enabled in the West Hollywood General Plan Update

2. Understand that managing entitlements is not the same as managing parking. (i.e., pricing, hours, etc.)

Source: CEA Survey of Santa Monica-Melrose West, West Hollywood

Source: CEA Survey Sunset Strip West

3. Engage with parking operators and managers to create comprehensive strategies for entitlements and operations.

4. Use data to trump politics.

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Thank You