A. Alternative parking arrangements. The review authority may reduce the number of parking spaces or eliminate on-site parking requirements for projects where the applicant executes an agreement with the City to:

B. Shared on-site parking. Where two or more uses on the same site have distinct and differing peak parking usage periods, (e.g. a theater and a bank), a reduction in the required number of parking spaces may be allowed by the Director. Approval shall also require a recorded covenant running with the land, recorded by the owner of the parking lot, guaranteeing that the required parking will be maintained exclusively for the use or activity served for the duration of the use or activity. Possible options for determining shared parking arrangements include the Urban Land Institute Publication Shared Parking.

C. Waiver of parking. The Director may reduce or waive the number of parking spaces required based on quantitative information provided by the applicant that documents the need for fewer spaces (e.g., sales receipts, documentation of customer frequency, information on parking standards required for the proposed land use by other cities, etc.).

D. Waiver of parking - Off-hour uses. The review authority may waive the parking requirements of this Part for land uses that are determined by the review authority to operate exclusively when their peak parking demand occurs after the evening peak period parking demand for the Central Petaluma area, and adequate on-street or public parking is available.

E. Off-site parking. A project that is not located within a parking assessment district may locate required parking away from the site of the proposed use