New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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22.15 Collective and Alternating Parking

A.  Off-street vehicle parking spaces for separate uses may be provided collectively if the spaces provided equals the sum of the spaces required for each use separately. Also, off-street parking spaces for separate uses may be provided collectively if the aggregate number of spaces provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required in Table 22-4: Collective Vehicle Parking Calculation. Table 22-4 is applied in the following manner:

1.  The required number of spaces for each use is calculated according to Table 22-1.

2.  The required number of spaces for each use is then applied to the percentages for each time, according to the appropriate land use category, in Table 22-4 to determine the number of required spaces. This is done for each time category.

3.  The numbers are summed for all land uses within each timeframe and the highest sum total in a timeframe is the required number of spaces.

4. Required bicycle parking may also be provided for the uses within the collective parking facility. However, bicycle parking must be provided in the total amount required for all uses (no reduction in required bicycle spaces is allowed).

Table 22-4: Collective Vehicle Parking Calculation

LAND USE

Weekday

Weekend

Mid-7am

7am-6pm

6pm-Mid

Mid-7am

7am-6pm

6pm-Mid

Residential

100%

55%

85%

100%

65%

75%

Commercial

0%

100%

80%

0%

70%

60%

Restaurant

50%

30%

70%

5%

70%

100%

Hotel/Motel/Hostel

100%

65%

90%

100%

65%

80%

Movie Theater

0%

10%

70%

5%

70%

100%

Office

5%

100%

5%

0%

10%

10%

Industrial

5%

80%

5%

0%

10%

10%

B.  An off-street parking facility may be alternately shared between two (2) or more uses, provided that use of such facility by each user does not occur at the same time. No shared use of parking spaces is permitted unless:

1.  Approval is obtained from the Director of the Department of Safety and Permits that confirms that the use of such facility by each user does not take place at the same hours during the same days of the week.

2.  The users of the shared parking facility shall record an agreement to share parking facilities. A copy of the recorded agreement shall be filed with the Department of Safety and Permits and the Office of Conveyances.

3.  All location and design requirements of this Article are met. However, such parking facility may be located within six-hundred (600) feet of both uses.

4. Any subsequent change in use requires proof that the minimum parking requirements have been met. When shared parking is no longer available, the use has one-hundred eighty (180) days from that date to accommodate all required off-street parking or to apply for a variance. If the use is unable to accommodate the parking or fails to apply for a variance, then the certificate of occupancy will be revoked. The certificate of occupancy may be reinstated when the required parking is provided or a variance is approved. As an alternative to a variance, a new shared parking agreement may be arranged.

C.  A collective or alternating parking arrangement does not qualify for grandfathered parking.

Ord. 29126, 8-12-22, ZD016/22