Parking Minimums

Legislation (HB 24-1304) implementation work is ongoing. Please check back regularly for updates.

Subject Jurisdictions

The law applies to: 

• Parts of municipalities within metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that are wholly or partially within Applicable Transit Service Areas
• Parts of counties within metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that are wholly or partially within Applicable Transit Service Areas

A list of these jurisdictions can be found at the end of the guidance document linked below.

Components

Local Requirement 

Within these Applicable Transit Service Areas, subject jurisdictions must not enact or enforce local laws requiring minimum vehicle parking spaces for multifamily residential, adaptive reuse for residential, or adaptive reuse for mixed use that includes at least 50% of use for residential.

Nothing Prevents

Under this law, nothing prevents a local government from: 

• Providing ADA protections
• Enacting/enforcing parking maximums
• Being awarded funds that require a ratio of parking
• Enforcing agreements made from approvals prior to the effective date of this law
• Enacting/enforcing minimum bicycle parking requirements
• Requiring, of voluntarily-provided spaces, that owners charge a fee for use, owners contribute to a parking enterprise/system/sharing plan, or applying electric vehicle charging requirements
• Requiring minimum parking of no more than one space per unit for housing developments containing 20 or more units or containing regulated affordable Housing (only if the local government publishes findings of substantial negative impacts without such parking minimums)

Key Dates

Local Governments

• June 30, 2025 Deadline to no longer enact or enforce parking minimums locally
• December 31, 2026 Water insufficiency notice due to DOLA, if applicable (and every 3 years if applicable)
• December 31, 2026 Local government compliance report due if they have enforced up to a one space per unit requirement per the allowances in the law (only if applicable)
• December 31, 2026 Final Housing Opportunity Goal report due
• December 31, 2027 State law requires meeting the Housing Opportunity Goal by this date, DOLA gives notice of any non-compliance
• December 31, 2029 First three-year status report due

State

• September 30, 2024 DOLA published Transit Area and walkshed maps
• February 28, 2025 DOLA provides Transit Center calculation model, HOG calculation tool, and guidance
• June 30, 2025 DOLA publishes affordability menus, displacement risk assessment guidance and strategies

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