Civic · 6 pages · 12 min
How parking is a use of land
A parking space occupies land that cannot, at the same time, be a room, a shop, or a tree.
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Parking is a use of land because each stall, aisle, and curb space is ground or floor area devoted to storing a vehicle. That area cannot simultaneously be housing, a shop, a sidewalk, or a planted yard, so a parking requirement is a rule about what a parcel must be used for. The opening covers stalls and aisles consume the site, minimums force that consumption, and the curb is public land in storage.
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- Stalls and aisles consume the site
- Minimums force that consumption
- The curb is public land in storage
- Shared stalls use less land
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Off-street parking minimums
- Parking as a land use