SB 5184 — Concerning minimum parking requirements.

ENGROSSEDS-0489.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5184 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Bateman, Trudeau, Frame, Krishnadasan, Liias, Nobles, Pedersen, Salomon, Shewmake, and Stanford)Stanford READPrefiled FIRST01/08/25. TIME 02/07/25.

Read first time 01/13/25.

Referred to Committee on Housing.

amending RCW 36.70A.620;

addingand acreating new sectionsections. to chapter 19.27 RCW;

creating new sections;

and repealing RCW 36.70A.620.

(2) A city may not require more than one parking space per 1,000 feet of commercial space.

1 ESSBSB 5184 (2)(3) A city may not require moreany thanminimum one parking spacerequirements perfor: 1,000 square feet of commercial space.

(3) A city may not require any minimum parking requirements for:

(6) The provisions of this section do not apply:

(a) To cities with a population of 20,000 or less, as determined by the population estimate of the office of financial management under RCW 43.62.030;

(b) If a city submits to the department of commerce an empirical study prepared by a credentialed transportation or land use planning expert that clearly demonstrates, and the department finds and certifies, that the application of the parking limitations of this section will be significantly less safe for vehicle drivers or passengers, pedestrians, or bicyclists than the city's current parking requirements;

or (c) To portions of cities within a one-mile radius of a commercial airport in Washington with at least 9,000,000 annual enplanements.

(1) A code city may not require more than 0.5one parking space per residential dwelling unit.

(2) A code city may not require more than one parking space per 1,000 square feet of commercial space.

p.(a) Existing buildings undergoing change of use, including vacant buildings;

2 ESSB 5184 (a) Existing buildings undergoing change of use, including vacant buildings;

(6)p. The provisions of this section do not apply:

(a)2 ToSB code5184 citiesNEW withSECTION. a population of 20,000 or less, as determined by the population estimate of the office of financial management under RCW 43.62.030;

(b) If a code city submits to the department of commerce an empirical study prepared by a credentialed transportation or land use planning expert that clearly demonstrates, and the department finds and certifies, that the application of the parking limitations of this section will be significantly less safe for vehicle drivers or passengers, pedestrians, or bicyclists than the code city's current parking requirements;

or (c) To portions of code cities within a one-mile radius of a commercial airport in Washington with at least 9,000,000 annual enplanements.

NEW SECTION.

(2) A county may not require more than one parking space per 1,000 square feet of commercial space.

p.(c) Commercial spaces under 5,000 square feet;

3 ESSB 5184 (c) Commercial spaces under 5,000 square feet;

(6) The provisions of this section do not apply:

(a) If a county submits to the department of commerce an empirical study prepared by a credentialed transportation or land use planning expert that clearly demonstrates, and the department finds and certifies, that the application of the parking limitations of this section will be significantly less safe for vehicle drivers or passengers, pedestrians, or bicyclists than the county's current parking requirements;

or (b) To portions of counties within a one-mile radius of a commercial airport in Washington with at least 9,000,000 annual enplanements.

(7) A county may require off-street parking if the county's roads are not developed to the standards for streets and roads adopted by the cities within that county.

NEW SECTION.

ARCW new36.70A.620 sectionand is2020 addedc to173 chapters 19.273 RCWare each amended to read as follows:

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(((1) For housing units that are affordable to very low-income or extremely low-income individuals and that are located within one- quarter mile of a transit stop that receives transit service at least two times per hour for twelve or more hours per day, minimum residential parking requirements may be no greater than one parking space per bedroom or .75 space per unit.

A city may require a developer to record a covenant that prohibits the rental of a unit subject to this parking restriction for any purpose other than providing for housing for very low-income or extremely low-income individuals.

The covenant must address price restrictions and household income limits and policies if the property is converted to p.

3 SB 5184 a use other than for low-income housing.

A city may establish a requirement for the provision of more than one parking space per bedroom or .75 space per unit if the jurisdiction has determined a particular housing unit to be in an area with a lack of access to street parking capacity, physical space impediments, or other reasons supported by evidence that would make on-street parking infeasible for the unit.

(2) For housing units that are specifically for seniors or people with disabilities, that are located within one-quarter mile of a transit stop that receives transit service at least four times per hour for twelve or more hours per day, a city may not impose minimum residential parking requirements for the residents of such housing units, subject to the exceptions provided in this subsection.

A city may establish parking requirements for staff and visitors of such housing units.