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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At new condos etc. meaning not providing parking spaces . How do people shop? Buy large items?  Get away to avoid a domestic abuser? He claims it costs less to not have parking spots so costs go down. Laughable [/quote]

It’s simple: Developers will get the county to build new parking garages at taxpayer expense. [/quote]

No need for that, there's already a ton of excess parking in the county.[/quote]

Developers are addicted to parking. They usually build more than the minimum because apartments with parking spaces command much higher rents than apartments without parking spaces. Maybe they’ll keep building parking themselves or maybe they’ll just get the county to do it now that they won’t have to pay the parking lot district tax anymore. [/quote]

OK, and this bill wouldn't prevent them from building more parking.  It would just not require it in cases where there was no demand for parking[/quote]

If there’s no demand for parking why has every residential building along Wisconsin avenue provided more than the minimum spaces?[/quote]

If builders are voluntarily providing more than the required minimum number of parking spaces anyway, why are you worried about removing the requirement? [/quote]

Because there’s a property tax add-on for building less than the minimum. If the minimum goes away, so will the tax. The developers will just get the county (all taxpayers) to pay for new garages, and the county always overbuilds parking. [/quote]

Hey, I have an idea. What if we don't require builders to overbuild parking, AND the county also doesn't overbuild parking?[/quote]
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We don't require builders to overbuild parking. [/b]They do that on their own. Sometimes they have even ask to build more than the maximum allowed parking (even near transit) and planning approves it like the rubber stamp that they are. Maybe we should base taxes on how many parking spaces they build instead of how many units they build?[/quote]

We literally do. [/quote]

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