19.64.080 Shared parking.
A. Two or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off-street parking to achieve efficiency of vehicular and pedestrian circulation, economy of space, and a superior grouping of buildings or uses. Legally binding documents, such as a covenant or reciprocal easement agreement, or by participation in a local improvement district or parking cooperative or association, must be approved by the City Attorney and recorded with the Skagit County Auditor in the chain of title for the properties at expense of the applicant.
B. When cooperative parking facilities can be provided, the Director may reduce the on-site parking requirements based on the following criteria:
1. Peak demand occurs at distinctly different times as reported by the Institute of Transportation Engineers or found with a parking study per AMC 19.64.020(H).
2. The minimum required parking must be based upon the minimum amount necessary to satisfy the daily peak demand generated by the uses.
3. In no case may the minimum required parking for a multi-tenant facility be less than 60 percent of the total required for the individual uses.
C. Shared parking associated with multi-tenant retail and commercial facilities will be considered to be a shared parking facility. Lease agreements will satisfy the requirement for a sufficient legal document.
D. If any requirements for shared parking are violated, the affected property owners must provide a remedy satisfactory to the Director or provide the full amount of required off-street parking for each use, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, unless a satisfactory alternative remedy is approved by the Director. (Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)