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7 Comments
Preferred Parking
In addition to the handicapped parking, can loading and 30-minute parking be located closer to the entrance than the LE/FE vehicles? I haven't seen any clarification of this in the reference guide, but it would make sense that these spaces should also have priority over LE/FE vehicles.
Rick Ferrara replied AIA, LEED BD+C, Gensler Jun 04 2010
Chris,
The issues is parking...(not other types of uses where a car is in a space). Loading is a different activity, and is not parking. The LE/LF vehicles should be the most favored positions after accessible parking, and excluding uses such as drop off, loading and other non-parking activities.
Also, we have been successful in dividing LE/LF parking between customer doors and empolyee entrances, so you could divide them into two groups based on the ratio of customer (or visitor) to emplyee parking.
Preferred Parking strategies
If there is above ground parking available for all building occupants and below grade parking with limited access available, is the restricted garage required to have preferred parkingPreferred parking, available to particular users, includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots), designated covered spaces, discounted parking passes, and guaranteed passes in a lottery system. stalls if the above ground, surface parking lot includes all of the preferred parking spaces closest to the building?
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Jun 24 2010
Preferred parkingPreferred parking, available to particular users, includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots), designated covered spaces, discounted parking passes, and guaranteed passes in a lottery system. refers to desirable parking spaces near the building entrance. If those are located in the aboveground lot, then I would say that the garage does not need to (perhaps even should not) contain preferred parking.
Michelle Cottrell replied Design Management Services Jun 25 2010
I tend to agree - the MAIN building entrances are better served with the preferred parkingPreferred parking, available to particular users, includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots), designated covered spaces, discounted parking passes, and guaranteed passes in a lottery system. as opposed to a limited access garage at the bottom of the structure. I will keep you posted! Thank you!
Michelle Cottrell replied Design Management Services Aug 31 2010
Tristan- As promised I wanted to keep you posted of this challenge.
We ended up submitted a CIRCredit Interpretation Ruling. Used by design team members experiencing difficulties in the application of a LEED prerequisite or credit to a project. Typically, difficulties arise when specific issues are not directly addressed by LEED information/guide proposing the preferred parkingPreferred parking, available to particular users, includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots), designated covered spaces, discounted parking passes, and guaranteed passes in a lottery system. for the garage should be calculated as a percentage of parking. For example, for the CS project 5% of total parking is required to be reserved for LEFE vehicles. In the CIR, we proposed 5% of garage and 5% of surface lot to be reserved for these vehicles. This strategy was approved :)
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Aug 31 2010
Great, I'm glad that worked out!
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