HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/27/2018 Item 1, Thomas
Tonikian, Victoria
From:Bell, Kyle
Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:20 AM
To:Tonikian, Victoria; Purrington, Teresa
Cc:Davidson, Doug
Subject:FW: Retail Parking Ratio Change
Please provide the email below as correspondence for Item #1 of the Planning Commission meeting for June
27, 2018.
Kyle Bell
CDD Associate Planner
T 805.781.7524
From: On Behalf Of Preston Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:08 AM
To: Bell, Kyle <KBell@slocity.org>
Subject: Retail Parking Ratio Change
Kyle,
I do significant office and retail leasing in the City of San Luis Obispo and am very concerned on you parking
reduction for retail. It will make most buildings in town, currently parked at the current code unleasable in the
future, if there is not a grandfathered in clause. This will have a huge effect on almost every building in town,
so it must be addressed correctly.
Our planner Corey Goodwin, said the following and it could not be more spot on, please address this with
some sort of grandfathered in clause, otherwise there will be issues with this new parking requirement and
vacancies that will not be able to be filled, thank you for your time and please forward to the correct parties.
From Corey Goodwin, Goodwin Architect/Planning
"R
etail parking requirements from 1:300 to 1:250. While I have no issue with this increase for new construction, I do have
significant concerns regarding its impact on existing developments. ‘B’ to ‘M’ (or ‘M’ to ‘B’) occupancy changes are a
common occurrence for most of the small commercial spaces around town. If a retail space that is currently parked at
1:300 coverts to an office use (1:300), that process is rather simple. But if that same space reverts back to retail
sometime later, it will be subjected to the new retail parking rate of 1:250. The impacts of this could range from paying
additional parking in-lieu fees (downtown) to existing shopping centers needing parking reduction permits just to occupy
what it was originally permitted for.
"
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Preston Thomas, SIOR
Commercial Real Estate Advisor
ROSSETTI COMPANY
Commercial Real Estate
1301 Chorro Street
1
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 544-3900
preston@rossetticompany.com
www.RossettiCompany.com
CalBRE Broker #01378821
Designated Member - Society of Industrial and Office Realtors®
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