Denver City Council approved a measure Monday to abolish parking minimums across the city, allowing developers to build new housing and business complexes without including parking spaces for residents.

Under previous rules, developers had to build a minimum number of parking spots for most new construction. That number depended on an area’s zoning and the type of development.

The change is meant to allow more housing development and shift the city away from its reliance on cars, but opponents argued the city doesn’t have enough transit service to support the shift.

Under the previous law, most new apartments had to have one parking spot per unit. Restaurants required four spots per 1,000 square feet of indoor space. Single-family homes, accessory dwelling units and all downtown buildin

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