Urban Design Concept of the Day

Parking Minimums

A parking minimum is the minimum amount of parking allowed for a business to have for it to legally be built. It is typically based on sq. footage, number of units or maximum occupency. They are terrible. This is because of how they make proper density almost impossible and destroy land for parking that will never be used outside of black friday. This ensures car dependency. Also many in US city’s parking minimums are unnecessarily high leading to the problem of empty parking lots that can’t legally be redeveloped being even worse. Luckily they are being gradually removed from most real cities.