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    • April 3, 2004 at 6:41 pm #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’.

      🙂

    • April 3, 2004 at 6:42 pm #742043
      garethace
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      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

    • April 4, 2004 at 11:38 am #742044
      FIN
      Participant

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

    • April 10, 2004 at 8:46 pm #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?

    • April 10, 2004 at 10:51 pm #742046
      garethace
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      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….

    • April 12, 2004 at 5:34 pm #742047
      garethace
      Participant

      What planning students in other cities have to say:

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

    • April 12, 2004 at 7:02 pm #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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