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9.8.1 Parking Lot Requirements
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avoid on street parking |
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handicapped accessible spaces |
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The total quantity of parking in any one location will vary with the needs of the facility. The quantity of vehicles accommodated should be in response to the authorizations for non-organizational vehicle parking spaces from the various technical manuals. Typically the criteria for determining parking spaces is based upon a "percentage of authorized customers" or similar term, or a ratio of one parking space for "x" amount of square footage of the subject facility (which will vary depending on the facilities use). For initial planning purposes, a figure of 400
square feet (35 square yards) per authorized space should be used. This will, in most circumstances, include space for
internal circulation, some planting islands, and provide some flexibility for detailed arrangement.
Access drives to the parking lot should be figured separately and the
figure will need to be increased for larger landscaped islands. The figure only applies to personal vehicles and will need to be adjusted if dealing with military tactical vehicles. Two principal parking arrangements are permitted on post. The preferred arrangement is off-street lots containing no more than seventy-five (75) to one hundred (100) full car spaces. Facilities requiring more than one hundred (100) spaces shall have a series of lots connected by an external perimeter access drive. (Housing areas are the only areas where on-street parking is permitted.)
- All parking lots will be accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the requirements of the UFAS, Paragraph 4.1.1(5)(a). If parking spaces are provided for employees, or visitors, or both, then accessible spaces shall be provided in conformance with the required minimum number of accessible spaces.
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- Parking lots must be defined and have visually reinforced edges to present a clean, orderly appearance. They should also eliminate significant safety hazards and define and conserve transitional landscaped areas between parking lots and adjacent buildings or streets. Curb and gutter shall be used to define parking lots and parking lot
islands within the cantonment area. Curbs may need to be modified or eliminated in special instances when LID features such as orientation swales are incorporated into parking lot design.
Parking lot islands may be striped, without curbing, in order to
accommodate snow removal activities. Internal light poles within
paved parking lots must be protected by either curbed islands or
protective bollards.
- The number and designation of reserved parking spaces in a parking lot needs to be approved by DPW. Reserved parking spaces for carpool drivers and alternate (green) fueled vehicles shall be considered as well.
- Required fire department access must be planned into parking lot design and must be maintained throughout the life of the parking lot and the adjacent facilities. Fire department access requirements can be obtained from the Fort Carson Fire Department.
- Internal islands shall be provided within parking lots to help control traffic, and to provide turning radii between parking aisles and intersecting drives at the ends of aisles.
Provide additional islands where needed to control traffic and to accommodate landscaping discussed in the Section 10, Landscaping. In all islands, utilities should be located along an edge to enable landscaping. Provide a 4” PVC pipe to all
landscaped islands from the edge of the parking lot for an irrigation
system.
- Landscape screening, such as shrubs, around the perimeter of a parking lot is a good way to visually separate and screen the parking lot from roads, pedestrian paths, and other facilities. See Section 10, Landscaping for approved plant types.
- Pedestrian paths throughout parking lots should be established to direct pedestrians from the parking lot to the associated facility. A change in the surface patterns will help draw attention to the walkway surface and help alert motorists to the pedestrian presence. This common design technique of contrasting color, material, and texture is needed where there is a safety concern at vehicular and pedestrian crossings.
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setback parking lot entrances from intersections |
- All parking areas are to meet antiterrorism setback requirements. Parking lots within a controlled perimeter shall be located a minimum of 10 meters (33 feet) from inhabited structures, and 25 meters (82 feet) from troop billeting and primary gathering structures. Parking lots without a controlled perimeter shall be located a minimum of 25 meters (82 feet) from inhabited structures, and 45 meters (148 feet) from troop billeting and primary gathering areas (UFC 4-010-01, Table B-1). Designated parking for family housing located within secured perimeters with access control is excluded from the 25 meter (82 feet) setback requirement. LID strategies can be incorporated into these setbacks.
- Housing with thirteen (13) or more units per building will have
designated parking for residents within the 25 meter (82 feet)
setback.
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