[UrbanLibertine]

Originally Posted by ardecila

The zoning code has strongly encouraged underground parking for many years. These new changes actually weaken the city's position against parking podiums.

Currently, developers get a FAR bonus for building underground parking in the downtown area. Even with that incentive, very few developers actually build underground due to the sheer cost and the time it adds to a construction schedule.

After the new zoning revisions, the city will eliminate the incentive. That little tidbit you're reading is just a platitude. City planners will still push for underground parking in the planned development process when they have the leverage to do so (i.e. almost never) but now they don't have a carrot to wave in front of developers.

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