Table 37.080 Multi-Family Parking Requirements Amendment

This received a positive recommendation by the Planning Commission and will go to City Council on August 23r at 7pm for approval.

After receiving several complaints with parking issues on the west side of Lehi, City Staff created a survey on this website to gain feedback from residents. These proposed changes are based on feedback given.

The proposed changes include changes to Table 37.080. These changes include removing “guest” parking from the requirement and just requiring additional parking. This makes it clear that it can be used for residents as well as guests. The amendment also proposes removing the ability for condominiums to count tandem parking (one car parked behind the other) as counting towards the required amount. Condos currently are the only ones that allow tandem parking and from the survey most people do not think that it should count. This change of removing tandem parking for condos will increase the amount of required parking the most. This correlates with observation by Staff that areas around condos have the most parking issues.

The other big change to the parking table includes establishing a proximity requirement. The proposal states that the additional parking must be located within a designated number of feet from the unit. Again, this number was informed by the Engage Lehi survey and comes from the assumption that people want to park close to their front door. If off-street parking is not available within close proximity to the front door, people may decide to park illegally in bike lanes or on private streets too narrow to provide parking and safe driving conditions for cars.

Chapter 16 on PRD’s was included to add a parking requirement for single family homes with less of 50 feet of frontage requiring off-street parking as well. Currently Chapter 17 PUDs includes a parking requirement of one stall per six dwelling units. Staff recommended that it change to one per three dwelling units for both PRDs and PUDs.

This received a positive recommendation by the Planning Commission and will go to City Council on August 23r at 7pm for approval.

Ask questions to Staff about the project. You may submit a question on here or call Staff directly using the contact information above.

Share Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking. on Facebook Share Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking. on Twitter Share Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking. on Linkedin Email Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking. link

Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking.

SJL asked over 2 years ago

The State has passed legislation dictating what cities can and cannot require for ADUs. Lehi City can only require one off-street parking spot per ADU based on that legislation. https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter9A/10-9a-S530.html?v=C10-9a-S530_2021050520211001
Share I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse! on Facebook Share I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse! on Twitter Share I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse! on Linkedin Email I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse! link

I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse!

Eric asked over 2 years ago

That is a great question. We hope to encourage parking in parking stalls or on streets that have the width for on street parking. If adequate parking is provided, people will have less incentive to park in less safe areas that cause visibility and other concerns.
Share In my experience, the majority of the complaints in west Lehi come from those households with more than 3 cars. The Exchange has more parking than any other high density community I’ve seen in Utah. Every townhome has a 2 car garage and almost all also have 2 driveway stalls. I hear a lot of complaints about the garage sizes being too small. When living in an Edge townhouse, I had a garbage can, Acura MDX suv and F150 in the garage. It was tight, and so sometimes I parked the truck in the driveway. I have 4 tenants living in the home now and they have never expressed parking as being a concern. I think the tandem parking is completely adequate as 2 spaces. If people feel like they need 4 spaces in a condo or townhouse, and that the tandem setup is inadequate, I feel they are being unreasonable. If anything, I feel like additional parking spaces should be assigned to units, so that no particular unit claims 6 spaces and filling their garage with stuff that they can’t use that for cars. on Facebook Share In my experience, the majority of the complaints in west Lehi come from those households with more than 3 cars. The Exchange has more parking than any other high density community I’ve seen in Utah. Every townhome has a 2 car garage and almost all also have 2 driveway stalls. I hear a lot of complaints about the garage sizes being too small. When living in an Edge townhouse, I had a garbage can, Acura MDX suv and F150 in the garage. It was tight, and so sometimes I parked the truck in the driveway. I have 4 tenants living in the home now and they have never expressed parking as being a concern. I think the tandem parking is completely adequate as 2 spaces. If people feel like they need 4 spaces in a condo or townhouse, and that the tandem setup is inadequate, I feel they are being unreasonable. If anything, I feel like additional parking spaces should be assigned to units, so that no particular unit claims 6 spaces and filling their garage with stuff that they can’t use that for cars. on Twitter Share In my experience, the majority of the complaints in west Lehi come from those households with more than 3 cars. The Exchange has more parking than any other high density community I’ve seen in Utah. Every townhome has a 2 car garage and almost all also have 2 driveway stalls. I hear a lot of complaints about the garage sizes being too small. When living in an Edge townhouse, I had a garbage can, Acura MDX suv and F150 in the garage. It was tight, and so sometimes I parked the truck in the driveway. I have 4 tenants living in the home now and they have never expressed parking as being a concern. I think the tandem parking is completely adequate as 2 spaces. If people feel like they need 4 spaces in a condo or townhouse, and that the tandem setup is inadequate, I feel they are being unreasonable. If anything, I feel like additional parking spaces should be assigned to units, so that no particular unit claims 6 spaces and filling their garage with stuff that they can’t use that for cars. on Linkedin Email In my experience, the majority of the complaints in west Lehi come from those households with more than 3 cars. The Exchange has more parking than any other high density community I’ve seen in Utah. Every townhome has a 2 car garage and almost all also have 2 driveway stalls. I hear a lot of complaints about the garage sizes being too small. When living in an Edge townhouse, I had a garbage can, Acura MDX suv and F150 in the garage. It was tight, and so sometimes I parked the truck in the driveway. I have 4 tenants living in the home now and they have never expressed parking as being a concern. I think the tandem parking is completely adequate as 2 spaces. If people feel like they need 4 spaces in a condo or townhouse, and that the tandem setup is inadequate, I feel they are being unreasonable. If anything, I feel like additional parking spaces should be assigned to units, so that no particular unit claims 6 spaces and filling their garage with stuff that they can’t use that for cars. link

In my experience, the majority of the complaints in west Lehi come from those households with more than 3 cars. The Exchange has more parking than any other high density community I’ve seen in Utah. Every townhome has a 2 car garage and almost all also have 2 driveway stalls. I hear a lot of complaints about the garage sizes being too small. When living in an Edge townhouse, I had a garbage can, Acura MDX suv and F150 in the garage. It was tight, and so sometimes I parked the truck in the driveway. I have 4 tenants living in the home now and they have never expressed parking as being a concern. I think the tandem parking is completely adequate as 2 spaces. If people feel like they need 4 spaces in a condo or townhouse, and that the tandem setup is inadequate, I feel they are being unreasonable. If anything, I feel like additional parking spaces should be assigned to units, so that no particular unit claims 6 spaces and filling their garage with stuff that they can’t use that for cars.

Robbie asked over 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing this feedback. We will include this as an official comment to the Planning Commission for them to consider.

Table 37.080 Multi-Family Parking Requirements Amendment

Will there be a requirement for increased on-site parking for single-family homes with ADUs? Our streets are becoming filled with cars associated with ADUs because there is not enough on-site parking.

I’m not quite sure how this will change with the small tiny streets in these communities? Fire, EMT already have a hard time navigating and if you allow parking in some of these exchange community’s it will get worse!

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