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3. Shared Use <br />The concept of complementary use is that a parking space can serve two or more individual land <br />uses without conflict or encroachment and is possible because of two conditions: <br />• Variation in the accumulation of vehicles by hour, by day or by season at the individual <br />land use; and <br />• Relationships among the land uses that result in visiting multiple land uses on the same <br />auto trip. <br />The concept of shared parking has similarities with complimentary parking but also is used to <br />describe two or more parcels: <br />• with no physical separation but connected with sidewalks allowing free pedestrian <br />movement between buildings; and <br />• collectively satisfy the parking requirement but individually one or more of the parcels <br />are not able to meet the Code requirements. <br />Applications for shared, covenant or complementary parking are allowed and must be processed <br />as Type 2 decisions per the Cooperative Parking Facility Section of the Zoning Code. <br />(TMC 18.56.070(E.) There are no specific decision criteria for complimentary and <br />shared parking. <br />III. Decision Authority <br />The purpose of the Off - street Parking and Loading regulations chapter is to provide for adequate, <br />convenient, and safe off -street parking areas for the different land uses described in the City's <br />Zoning Code. (TMC 18.56.010 Purpose) <br />At the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged or at the time there is a change in its <br />principal use, off -street parking and loading spaces must be provided as an accessory use in all <br />zones in accordance with the requirements of the Off -Street Parking Chapter. (TMC 18.56.020 <br />Chapter Application) The Chapter includes a table that lists the required number of parking <br />spaces for automobiles and bicycles. The Minimum Number of Off -street Parking Spaces Table <br />is shown on Figure 18 -7 of the TMC. The table provides specific parking requirements for a <br />number of common land uses. For example, fast food restaurants are required to have one <br />parking stall for every 50 square feet of usable floor area and retail requires 2.5 stalls for every <br />1,000 square feet of usable floor area. <br />The minimum number of parking stalls must be maintained over the life of the use. Any <br />additional uses, either secondary or accessory in nature, must have parking available that does <br />not impact the minimum parking of the original or primary use. (TMC 18.56.050 Required <br />Number of Parking Spaces) <br />Staff Report <br />L13 -031 <br />Page 6 of 12 <br />102 <br />