Residential Parking Working Group Documents

County Board Request to Adopt

Nov. 18, 2017

At this meeting, staff presented the proposed policy (renamed “guidelines”) as well as related recommendations. The Board voted to adopt the guidelines with amendments.

• Meeting Agenda, Video, and Staff Presentation
• Board Report
• Minutes

Planning Commission Request to Recommend Adoption

Nov.  13, 2017

At this meeting, staff presented the proposed policy as well as related recommendations. The Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board adopt the policy with amendments.

• Meeting Agenda and Staff Presentation
• Meeting Video
• Meeting Audio (MP3 download)

Transportation Commission Request to Recommend Adoption

Nov. 2, 2017

At this meeting, staff presented the proposed policy as well as related recommendations. The Transportation Commission voted to recommend that the Board adopt the policy.

• Meeting Agenda, Video, and Staff Presentation
• Meeting Audio (MP3 download)

Request to Authorize Advertisement of a Public Hearing

On Oct. 21, 2017, the County Board unanimously authorized advertisement of Board and Planning Commission hearings in November 2017 on the proposed off-street parking policy.

• Meeting Agenda, Video, and Staff Presentation
• Board Report

Transportation Commission Request to Authorize Advertisement

Aug. 31, 2017

Staff presented its request to the County Board to authorize advertisement of a public hearing on the proposed policy as well as related recommendations. The Transportation Commission unanimously voted to endorse the request.

• Meeting Agenda, Video, and Staff Presentation
• Meeting Audio (MP3 download)

County Board Work Session

July 11, 2017

Staff presented a draft policy recommendation to the County Board at a Work Session. The goals of the Work Session were to answer questions about the recommendation’s elements, the process of creating the recommendation, and to get Board Member feedback.

• Meeting Agenda, Video, and Staff Presentation
• Meeting Audio (MP3 download)

Working Group Recommendation to the County Manager

• Summary
• Full Report

Working Group Meeting Eleven

Feb. 28, 2017

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Ten

Feb. 22, 2017

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Nine

Feb. 6, 2017

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Eight

Jan. 18, 2017

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Seven

Dec. 14, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Meeting Summary

Small Group Discussion

Dec. 14, 2016

In addition to the two public open houses, staff and Working Group members hosted a small-group discussion with members of the Arlington community in order to gather reactions to the Working Group process and the policy strategies under consideration.

• Meeting Summary

Presentation to NAIOP

Dec. 14, 2016

At the request of the local chapter of NAIOP, staff gave an overview of the Working Group process to members of the organization at a regularly scheduled meeting.

• Meeting Summary

Open House One and Two

Dec. 7, 2016 & Dec. 17, 2016

• Open House One and Two Summary 
• Open House Presentation Boards

Working Group Meeting Six

Nov. 30, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Five

Nov. 14, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead
• Peer City Parking Policy Summaries
• Carsharing Studies
• Meeting Summary

Working Group Meeting Four

Nov. 2, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead, Part One
• Meeting Read-Ahead, Part Two
• Edited Residential Parking Working Group Guiding Principles
• Meeting Summary
• Additional Readings
  • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Webinar, “Let’s not over-park!”
  • Park Right DC web site

Working Group Meeting Three

Oct. 18, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead: Readings on parking and housing development, as well as excerpts from Arlington’s Standard Site Plan Conditions and three recently approved Site Plan applications 
• Revised Policy Principles to Consider
• Meeting Summary
• Additional Readings
  • “Bending the Cost Curve: Solutions to expand the supply of affordable rentals”
  • White House “Housing Development Toolkit”
  • Arlington County Standard Site Plan Conditions
  • “Parking rules raise your rent”
  • Response to a question from the Working Group made at Working Group Meeting One: Forecasted Number of Housing Units to be Constructed under the Current General Land Use Plan

Working Group Meeting Two

Oct. 11, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Read-Ahead: Parking 101
• Meeting Summary (including Notes from the Working Group Discussion of Values and Priorities)
• Additional Readings:
  • Chapter 6: “The Cost of Required Parking Spaces.” The High Cost of Free Parking.
  • Arlington County’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Page
  • “Zoning and subdivision regulations.” The Practice of Local Government Planning

Working Group Meeting One

Sept. 28, 2016

• Agenda
• Updated Schedule Overview and Meeting Ground Rules
• Meeting Read-Ahead: Connecting Arlington’s Policy Framework to the Residential Parking Working Group
• Meeting Summary

Reference & Background Documents

Arlington County Comprehensive Plan

• General Land Use Plan
• Affordable Housing Master Plan
• Master Transportation Plan
  • MTP Parking and Curb Space Management Element 2009
  • Staff Summary of MTP Policies Related to Multi-family Parking Requirements

December 2013 County Board Report on the Commercial Parking Working Group (see pages 1 through 10 for a brief summary)

Sector Plans

• Ballston Sector Plan (1980)
• Ballston Sector Plan Summary
• Clarendon Sector Plan (2006)
• Courthouse Sector Plan Addendum (1993)
• Courthouse Sector Plan Addendum: Courthouse Square (2015)
• Crystal City Sector Plan (2010)
• Rosslyn Station Area Plan Addendum (1992)
• Rosslyn Sector Plan (2015)
• Virginia Square Sector Plan (2002)
• Virginia Square Sector Plan – Site Specific Guidelines (2002)

Site Plan and Special Use Permits

• Site Plan Approval Process
• Unified Commercial/Mixed Use Development Permits
  • Administrative Regulation
  • Community Review Process
  • Permit Application Checklist

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