One of the traditional hurdles to opening a business in Mill Valley is being lifted as the city is easing its parking requirements as applied to businesses.
After four years of review, the city is dropping its vintage 1980 requirements regarding the amount of parking that businesses must provide. Given the layout and size of the downtown area as well as business districts in the small town, parking has always been a sticking point in Mill Valley.
But one of the things revealed in the long parking review is that, for the most part, there is enough parking already provided for business areas. The exception to the relaxed parking requirements going forward would be for businesses greater than 5,000 square feet where nominal new parking might be required…