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  • #706963
    garethace
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    I did a search using beta search function here at Archiseek, but didn’t throw up much, so I decided that Archiseek needs it own first ‘car parking thread’.

    🙂

    #742043
    garethace
    Participant

    My first contribution is this, grabbed off some coco web site….

    (I like the one about pitch and putt)

    Land Use Parking Requirements
    Houses 2 per Dwelling
    Apartments/Flats 1.25 – 2 per Unit
    Shops 1 per 25m2 gross floor space within speed limit
    1.5 per 25m2 gross floor space outside speed
    limit
    Offices 1 per 30m2 gross floor space within speed limit
    1.5 per 30m2 gross floor space outside speed
    limit
    Financial Institutions 1 per 20 m2 gross floor space
    Industry 1 per 30 m2 gross floor space or 1 per 4no.
    employees, whichever is greater
    Warehousing 1 per 40 m2 gross floor space or 1 per 4no.
    employees, whichever is greater
    Theatre, Cinema 1 per 5 seats
    Stadia, Churches 1 per 5 seats
    Hotels and Bed and Breakfast acommodation
    Note: Bars, dancing areas and function
    rooms to be calculated seperately
    1 per 2 bedrooms within speed limit
    1 per bedroom outside speed limit
    Bars and Lounges
    Note: Dancing areas, acommodation and
    function rooms to be calculated seperately
    1 per 7 m2 gross floor space within speed limit
    2 per 7 m2 gross floor space outside speed limit
    Bars and Lounges with Dance Areas, Dance
    halls and Function Rooms
    1.5 per 7 m2 gross floor space within speed
    limit
    3 per 7 m2 gross floor space outside speed limit
    Restaurants 1 per 7 m2 gross floor space within speed limit
    2 per 7 m2 gross floor space outside speed limit
    Schools 1 per classroom plus sufficient bus circulation
    and off-loading facilities to cater for schoolgoing
    population
    Golf and Pitch and Putt Courses 2 per hole
    Golf Driving Range 1 per bay
    Bowling Alley
    Note: Bars, restaurants and other facilites
    to be calculated seperately
    1 per lane
    Hospitals 1.5 per bed
    Nursing homes 1 per 3 bedrooms
    Surgeries 3 per consulting room
    Take away 6 per unit
    Community hall/Sports Club 2 per 90 m2 gross floor space plus 2%
    Cash and Carry Outlets 2 per 90 m2 plus adequate loading/unloading
    and circulation facilities for lorries

    #742044
    FIN
    Participant

    that seems about standard … what’s up with it?

    #742045
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Originally posted by garethace
    I I decided that Archiseek needs it own first ‘car parking thread’. 🙂

    With a qualitative vs quantitative analysis at it’s core?

    #742046
    garethace
    Participant

    Our daily environment is ever more beginning to become shaped and designed like these threads here describe:

    http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11445

    http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9804

    I sounds a bit dull and boring, but it is a good place to touch base with the reality of nowadays… for the people who grow up and live in cities….

    #742047
    garethace
    Participant

    What planning students in other cities have to say:

    http://www.planetizen.com/oped/item.php?id=122

    #742048
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    It would appear that our American freinds have had a lot more thought on the subject. I suspect that the SUV angle will come more into play here as well.

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