Show your support for removing mandatory parking minimums from the zoning code city-wide

City Council is considering whether or not to support changes to the zoning code to remove minimum parking mandates. These mandates force developers and property owners to build more parking than is sometimes needed or wanted, increasing the cost of the property, which is in turn passed onto us when we rent a home or make purchases. They also reinforce our dependence on driving, which contributes to the climate crisis, and perpetuate inequity.

Removing local parking mandates won't stop developers from building parking. Rather, it will allow builders to determine how much parking to provide for each project, giving them flexibility to right-size parking to meet demand.

Use this form to let your City Council member and the Mayor know that you support the removal of minimum parking mandates and urge them to consider additional parking reforms, including setting parking maximums, establishing parking benefits districts, unbundling parking from housing, and requiring RTD EcoPasses for tenants of new developments.

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I'm writing to share my support for removing minimum parking ratios from the zoning code, and to urge you to enact the proposed zoning code changes.

Parking mandates in Denver’s current zoning code reinforce our city’s unaffordable, unhealthy, and unsustainable dependence on cars, and work against citywide goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, increasing housing affordability, building more walkable neighborhoods, creating economic opportunity for all Denver residents, and developing safe mobility options that prioritize walking, rolling, biking and transit and connect people of all ages and abilities to their daily needs. Eliminating minimums is an important step to undoing decades of policy-making that led to our city's car dependency.

I'm also asking you to enact other common-sense parking management strategies, such as setting parking maximums in high density, mixed-use, transit rich areas; establishing parking benefits districts in downtown and along bus rapid transit corridors; requiring parking to be unbundled from housing; and mandating EcoPasses for tenants of new developments.

Car dependence is a policy choice reinforced by decades of excessive parking mandates. Now, we have an opportunity to make a different policy choice that better aligns with Denver's environmental, economic, and equity goals. Please support removing minimum parking mandates from the zoning code, and going beyond this by supporting equally achievable common-sense measures as mentioned above.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, [Your information here]