Minimum parking laws are the most important of many command-and-control policies and mandates that created the car-oriented American city. More than minimum setbacks, minimum lot sizes, FAR limits, single use zoning, ploughing heavily subsidized freeways through cities, and the rest, parking policy is why American cities have decayed.
Returning to free markets would let American cities be great again.
As for restaurant parking minima, they're usually based on inside area and sometimes on seating. There are minima for offices, factories, schools, homes, ana every land use in most cities.
Minimum parking laws are the most important of many command-and-control policies and mandates that created the car-oriented American city. More than minimum setbacks, minimum lot sizes, FAR limits, single use zoning, ploughing heavily subsidized freeways through cities, and the rest, parking policy is why American cities have decayed.
Returning to free markets would let American cities be great again.
As for restaurant parking minima, they're usually based on inside area and sometimes on seating. There are minima for offices, factories, schools, homes, ana every land use in most cities.