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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ the parking requirements for bars, taverns, and clubs being the highest is the most absurd of all of that ridiculous absurdity.
Ideally, you want to make it really, really difficult and annoying to drive to a bar or club so that people are encouraged to walk, take transit, taxi/Uber/Lyft, etc. to cut down on drinking and driving.
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Which can be waived by applying for an exemption. There are certainly old bars in Houston that grandfathered in, but being the pioneer establishment that doesn't offer parking would be a bold move.
Houston does have terrible commercial corridors but the bar/nightlife is very decentralized and consists of two or so blocks in a dozen separate areas. Even then the parking still sucks and the neighborhoods are upset at the spill over parking so ride sharing is encouraged. Having done the nightlife in Austin, DFW, Houston, and ATL there's really not much difference.... you take an uber to the spot, bar hop, and take an uber back home/to the room.