On Monday, Salem city officials formally adopted a new ordinance that eliminates minimum off-street parking requirements for new multifamily housing developments throughout the city. The areas highlighted in purple are the zoning districts where multifamily housing is allowed without a special hearing in the City of Salem. MAPC estimated that households living in Salem's multifamily properties typically use only 0.85 parking spaces per unit. “Until today, Salem required more parking spaces in its multifamily developments than there is demand or need for. In 2022, Salem’s City Council adopted the Housing Roadmap, which offered 30 recommended strategies – including revisiting the City’s residential parking minimums – to meet the City’s housing needs.