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Kyle View Estates Clubhouse
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March 2009
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Lyle View Estates Clubhouse
Parking Study
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of the study is to determine the appropriate number of required parking spaces for
the Kyle View Estates Club House, in accordance with the City of College Station's Uniform
Development Ordinance Section 7.2.1.8.
The Project Location Map is shown in Exhibit 1.
Scope of Work:
The project scope of work included the following tasks:
• Data gathering & review of site
• Parking projection
• Analysis of intermodal effects
• Prepare study report to include recommended improvements.
BACKGROUND
Kyle View Estates is a gated, private community consisting of 120-4 bedroom, 4 bath detached
dwelling units. Access to the dwelling units within the community is provided by a network of
private streets, alleys, and walking trails. The distance from the furthest dwelling unit to the
proposed Clubhouse building is just less than 2,100 feet.
The proposed club house is a multi-purpose facility dedicated to the use of community
residents, and not open to the general public. The uses are broken out into three classes:
• Office- 1,740 gsf
office, reception and conference rooms for three employees, who manage the
community,
• Workout/fitness - 860 gsf
A workout room, restrooms, and a tanning room
• Assembly areas -4951 gsf
two media rooms, a game room, a computer lab, and a study loft
The clubhouse has a gross square foot area of 7,551 gsf.
Kyle View Estates was developed to foster a sense of community among the residents. Un-
fenced yards, front porches with swings, and pedestrian walking trails encourage residents to
walk and cycle within the community. A private shuttle service is provided, at no additional cost,
to help residents reach major destinations in College Station without needing a vehicle.
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PARKING PROJECTION
The City of College Station's Uniform Development Ordinance Section 7.2.1 lists the
requirements for off-street parking. According to this section mixed uses require parking equal
to the sum of the requirements of each use calculated separately. The following are the Office
building has a requirement of 1 space per 250 gsf, Health Club/Sports Facility is determined by
the administrator and recreational facilities (media room, game room, computer lab) are not
covered in the UDO.
Table 1
City of College Station
Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements
Use Unit Spaces/Unit
Office Building 250 s.f. 1.00
Athletic Club As determined by the Administrator
Recreational Community Center Not a recognized use
Based on the unique uses of the facility, reference was made to ITE's "Parking Generation
Manual", 3rd edition. This manual documents parking studies from across the United States for
use as an informational guide to planners. For this report three land uses were used.
Table 2
ITE Parking Generation Rates
ITE Code ITE Land use Average Peak Period Parking
Demand/ 1000 gsf
701 Office Building-Suburban 2.84
493 Athletic Club 3.55
495 Recreation Community Center 3.83
A Preliminary Site plan for the club house was submitted to the City of College Station and
approved on January 15, 2009. This site plan calculated a requirement of 32 parking spaces
based on an analysis of the entire building as an office building at a rate of 1 space for every
250 square feet of gross area.
Based on the ITE Parking generation rates and usages shown above, the peak period parking
demand would be 28 spaces.
ANALYSIS OF INTERMODAL EFFECTS
As mentioned previously Kyle View Estates was designed to be a walkable community as
defined by the non-profit organization Walkable Communities (www.walkable.orq).
• Intact community center.
• Residential densities, mixed use.
• Community space.
• Pedestrian friendly design features.
• Key streets are speed controlled.
• Streets & trails are well linked.
• Design is properly scaled to 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 mile radius segments.
• The community is designed for people.
• The community is thinking small.
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• In walkable communities there are many people walking.
• The community has a vision...
Features such as alley accessible parking areas for each dwelling unit, un-fenced,
professionally landscaped and maintained yards, and large front porches with swings all
contribute to a community that is oriented around people and not automobile transportation.
Streets are designed for low speeds and low volumes. On-street parking is allowed for visitors
to reduce speeds, sidewalks are provided along streets and pedestrian trails provide
connections that reduce the walking distances within the community by connecting the cul-de-
sacs. Over 50% (62 of 120) of the dwelling units lie within 1/8 mile (670 feet) walking distance
of the clubhouse, only 12 lie outside a 1/4 mile (1,320 foot )walking distance of the clubhouse.
A private shuttle service operates throughout the day to connect residents to College Station
and Texas A&M University.
Kyle View Estates is also bicycle friendly. Low speed, low volume street designs allow for
shared bicycle use, pedestrian trails and sidewalks help to keep bicycle and pedestrian traffic
separate, the lack of driveways provide uninterrupted paths for both pedestrians and bicyclists.
To encourage bicycle use, bicycle friendly features are provided at the club house. Three 4
space bicycle racks are provided, one near each entrance to the club house, to accommodate
cyclists no matter which direction they are coming from.
The community also provides a shuttle bus service to residents not only to outside destinations
but has routine stops within the community as well as at the proposed club house.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
This study was requested by the Breckenridge group to determine the appropriate number of
parking spaces for a use that is not clearly addressed in the City's parking requirments. As
stated above the use of ITE's Parking Generation Manual resulted in a peak period parking
demand of 28 spaces.
Based on the availability of alternate transportation modes to the club house facility, and the
desire of the developers to build a walkable community, it is felt that a reduction in the required
parking is justified to encourage the use of alternate transportation modes. A reduction of 6
required spaces is offset by the provision of 8 additional bicycle space over the UDO
requirement of 4. A futher reduction of 6 required spaces is justified by the proximity of over half
of the dwelling units within the 1/8 mile radius of the club house, and the provision of shuttle bus
service within the community. With these reductions, the resulting parking requirement for the
club house is 28 - 12 = 16 spaces.
The current site plan has 4 parking areas providing 32 spaces for the club house. The north
and south lots each provide 6 spaces immediately adjacent to the club house. The west lot
provides 2 accessible spaces and three regular spaces adjacent to the club house. The east lot
provides 15 spaces adjacent to Durango Court. I recommend that the north, south and west
lots be built at this time providing 15 regular spaces and 2 accessible spaces to exceed the 16
space requirement. The east lot of 15 spaces should be held in reserve in accordance with
College Station UDO 7.2.1.8
"the balance of the land necessary to meet these requirements shall be held in
reserve as an undeveloped area, to meet any future needs generated by an
expansion of the business, a change in land use, or underestimated parking
demand."
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