By Oliver J. Moffat

The Shoreline city council voted to delete the city's "arbitrary" parking mandates, placing the onus on property owners to decide how much pavement they need.

The Shoreline city council abolished parking mandates at the August 11, 2025 meeting, joining Bothell, Spokane, Port Townsend, Bellingham, and Bremerton in scrapping the “arbitrary” rules.

Last winter, the council gave city staff and the planning commission six months to eliminate vehicle parking minimums citywide in Shoreline. The council voted 6-to-0 to wipe parking mandates from the city’s development code.

In his 2025 State of the City Speech , Mayor Chris Roberts spoke in support of Shoreline becoming one of the first cities in the state to abolish parking mandates.

“We know that parking is one of

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