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From:Alan Ostner <alan@drainagedoctornwa.com>
Sent:Thursday, January 2, 2025 8:00 AM
To:CityClerk; Alan Ostner
Subject:Remove Residential Parking Credit Rule
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Hello Fayetteville City Council Members,
The topic of removing parking credits for multi family residential projects has come. I think the parking
credits cause more harm than good and should be removed or at least mostly repealed to maybe 1% to
5% maximum instead of the 30% credit that we have today. Our South Square neighborhood will be
welcoming Urban Lofts in a year or two. Here are a few reasons I think the parking credits are causing
trouble and should be repealed:
1) Spillover parking is real and can erode neighborhood quality of life. This was made clear with the
Wilson Park/ Sorority houses situation a few years ago. That is an undesirable situation for both the
residences and the next-door sororities!
2) The way to reduce car dependence is first to build a reliable, affordable public transit system with
frequent stops and thorough coverage across the region. After that is in place then these parking credits
will make sense and the credits can be brought back.
3) Car usage is an unfortunate part of life in NWA and the USA in general. Providing parking at residences
is common sense and directly relates to quality of life issues. We would not dream of telling a subdivision
developer that only 70% of his houses could have driveways!
4) Reducing parking for commercial areas is useful; this is very different from reducing parking at
residences! (No one lives at WalMart)
5) Don't all Fayetteville residents deserve a place to park close to their home? Why are apartment
dwellers being treated differently? The current parking credit rule only affects apartment buildings, not
single family residences.
6) Promoting on-street parking can be helpful to make good neighborhoods. The existing parking credit
system is clumsy and hurts more than it helps, potentially flooding the on-street parking idea. There have
to be better and more effective ways to promote and support more on-street parking.
7) The 1:1 residential parking rule has been the national standard for decades and we need to go back
to it.
Thanks for your consideration on this issue!
Best,
A l a n O s t n e r, ASLA, PLA
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