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Tandem parking rules

Vice Chair Salene flagged that two-car tandem garages often end up with only one car actually parked inside, spilling parking onto streets. He asked staff to study whether parking requirements should be adjusted for projects with lots of tandem parking.

2 mentions (1 this month)Last discussed Nov 5, 2026

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Utility/mechanical room floor-area exemption

The city wants to restore a rule letting the director carve out up to 10% of a building's floor area for mechanical rooms, so boiler and server rooms don't eat into what developers can build. It heads to the council on November 17.

1 mention (1 this month)Last discussed Oct 22, 2026