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DESIGN! parking code

Rice Milk

Does anyone out there know how surface parking lot design is regulated, if at all? is there any specific code regarding parking lot design? I know there are standard formulas for deteremining the size needed, but are there any enforced codes,laws, and regulations? Any help is much appreciated

 
Apr 9, 07 11:04 pm
Rice Milk

sounds tasty, thanks!

Apr 9, 07 11:22 pm  · 
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vado retro

Easiest way is to get a copy of the local zoning ordinances which will allow you to provide the parking sahara around your strip mall oasis.

Apr 9, 07 11:55 pm  · 
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Rice Milk

no parking sahara here, im smart enough to know that urban vitality is inherently better then any surface parking lot. thanks for the response!

Apr 10, 07 12:17 am  · 
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el jeffe

"urban vitality is inherently better then any surface parking lot"

i'd probably agree, only if you were to limit a parking lot to the perfunctory aspect of parking a car.

nothing requires that though.

Apr 10, 07 7:31 am  · 
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jkaliski

Yo El Jeffe, you be da mannn...design does (as in deer) everysdays surfs.

Apr 10, 07 9:45 am  · 
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vado retro

it dont matter how smart you are. it matters that you need x parking spaces for y square footage of space.

Apr 10, 07 11:25 am  · 
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cmu268

try mechanical parking!

RoboParking

Apr 10, 07 11:28 am  · 
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el jeffe

thanks jk.
we're planning a trip to LA this summer - we'll look you up!
elsuperjeffe

Apr 10, 07 11:46 am  · 
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snooker

If your designing a parking structure.....be sure you design it right....cause errors and omissions insurance is not enough to
cover your butt! Nothing like peeling the top off a pickup truck or suv. The turning radius of vechicles is another thing to be very aware of...take the worst case condition....and slope of ramps....then there is the correct psi Concrete with hardner....nothing like a peeling concrete deck.....

Apr 10, 07 11:52 am  · 
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ThriftyAcres

Yo jkaliski, you be da mannn...what the fuck (as in huh) are you talking about.

Apr 10, 07 12:55 pm  · 
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StudioWookie

make sure to include ADA/CBC accessible guidelines...

Apr 10, 07 1:44 pm  · 
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meow

paint it red

Apr 10, 07 5:32 pm  · 
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meow

purrrrrrrrrr.............................

Apr 10, 07 5:33 pm  · 
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jjh

don't tell the queen. sorry i watched "alice in wonderland" sober for the first time in a while - wierd

Apr 10, 07 5:37 pm  · 
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parking surface - make it out of grass and stop contributing to the extensive and excessive hard surfaces that are plaguing western societies. And whilst you are at it plant a f*cking tree or two dozen too.

Apr 10, 07 5:46 pm  · 
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serious comment though - do you have to paint and or demark the parking designations?

Apr 10, 07 5:47 pm  · 
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