Publication Date
Spring 2003
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Urban Planning (MUP)
Department
Urban and Regional Planning
First Advisor
Asha Weinstein
Abstract
The City of Oakland currently has the opportunity to revise its downtown residential parking requirement policy. This policy, found in the City’s Zoning Ordinance, regulates the number of parking spaces that must be built within a housing development excluding on-street or curb parking. The main reason for revising the residential parking policy in downtown Oakland comes largely from the change in city policies, which have been specifically altered to encourage downtown residential growth. However the Zoning Ordinance, including the residential parking requirement policy, has been left largely unchanged and does not reflect the City’s vision for downtown development. This neglect of the Zoning Ordinance does not suggest that residential parking requirements are unimportant and irrelevant to downtown growth. In fact, the opposite is true. Having a coherent residential parking requirement policy is crucial to the way that downtown Oakland will take shape and ultimately essential to the way in which it will function.
Recommended Citation
Trom, Philip Wesley, "Towards a New Residential Parking Requirement Strategy for Downtown Oakland" (2003). Master's Projects. 1626.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.7Zmqusz5
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/1626
