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Home My WebLink AboutMiscellaneous PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE A General Partnership Composed of Texas Corporations Mayl, 1992 Mt.JimCallaway Director of Planning City. of ..College . Station P.O. Box 9960 College Station, TX77842 RE: Scott&< White Clinic CollegeStatio.n .Texas Parking Requirements 191770 Dear Mr. ..Callaway: ~ trj ~ (Q ~ , This letter is a follow up to our discussion on April 13, 1992 in which we discussedparldng requirem~ntsJortheScott&WhiteClinic. . It is our opinion thattheicurrent ~rdinancer~quirement of one space per 150 square feet will result inconstroction of significantly more.. parlqng spaces being built than are actually required for larger clinics such as the one being planned by Scott & White. We have investigated several .citiesand agencies criteria. Some of our findings areas follows: 1. City of Austin Medical Offices - Hospital Services Limited- ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS CONSULTANTS 606 WEST AVENUE POST OFFICE BOX 2004 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78768 (512) 472-6721 TELE COPI ER (512) 477-3211 lspace/200 square fe.et as determined by the director based on . requirements .. for similar uses, location. .and characteristics of the use; and . appropriate. traffic . engineer - ing.planning data. (Generally less spaces . required .. than 1 space /200. ) PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE 2..Cityof Sa.n Antonio Medical Office Buildings - 1 . space per 300 gross square feet (GSF) of facility. 3. Medical Planning Associates/City of Los Anglos Outpatient .. Clinics .. 1 parking space for each 250 GSF of facility 4. . . City of Dallas Outpatient Clinics 1 space per 200 GSF of facility. 5. City of Houston Outpatient .Clinics 3.5 spaces/lOOO. GSF (1 space /286 GSF) As you can see, the parking requirements for these . cities and agencies rangefroml.spac~per20{)GSFto 1 space per 300 GSF. None of them make any provision for the different requirements of small and large clinics. Attached are .popies. Qfpages 101. and 102 from Parking. Generation, published in 1987 by the Institute iofTransportation Engineers (ITE). Alsoattacbedisa tabulation for various sized buildings . showing the peak parking requirement using the lTEFitted Curve Equation. These peak parking requirements were increased .10% to compensate for loss of space due to turnQveractivity. .tQdett'-rmit1eth~ number of . spaces whiph are nt'-eded. We divided the Building Area by the number of spaces needed to determine the relationship of one · spacetogr.osssquare fe.et of building. We then divided. the tabulation into groups which . you > may want to consider for developing your parking ordinance. If .. the suggested .. ratios are adopted the Scott and White Clinic requirements would be.as. follows:. Phase I 45,000 G.SF at 1 space./~50GSF=180parking spaces PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE Phase I and II 90,000 GSFat lspace/300GSF=300 parking spaces Ifyou..haveany. questions regarding this information.or would like to discuss the parking space tabulation and suggested requirements please give me a call. Parking requirements .have a..significant impact on our .site plan and storm drainage. We would appreciate your consideration of this issue as quickly as possible so that our site planning and drainage design can resume. Thank you . for your consideration. of this request . to. modify your current ordinance to provide parking requirements which we feel. are. more consistent with actually observed requirements and other accepted practice. Sinc.erely, ~~(2~ JamesC.Alvis,P.E.. Directorof.Civil. Engineering cc: Jay Willmann Dennis Duff 191770 , ., c w c:: ;::) () o o en w () ~ en CJ z S2 a: ~ ~ <( w c.. II a.. MEDICAL/DENTAl.. CLINIC/OFFICE (630) PeakParklngSpacesOccu pled....vs:..1 ,000, GROSS SQUARE . FEET BUILDING 'AREA Ona:.WEEKDAV PARKING GENERATION RATES Standard Deviation t.39 Number of Studies 40 Avera.ge 1,000 GSF Building Area 23 o Ilr$~ 120 X=1000GROSSSQUAREFEET SUI LDINGAREA D ACTUAL DATA POINTS FITTED CURVE Fitted Curve Equation: Ln(P) = O.B2Ln(X) + 1.8.1 R2 = 0.958 Parking Generation"August .19871Institute.of Transportation..Engineers 102 I J , I J t i LAND USE: 630 MEDICAL/DENTAL CLINIC/OFFICE ~ DESCRIPTION PARKING..CHARACTERISTICS AND DATA LIMITATIONS A medical/dental clinic/office is defined asa facility that provides .diagnostic and. outpatient care, but which. is not. equipped . to . provide prolonged . in-house medical/surgical care. All facilities.. ..surveyed.. are freestanding, and have their own parking areas. Parl<i ng .g~nerationdatafor medicalanddentalclin- ics and offices were available for sixteen faciUties~ aU located in eitherCBD's or suburban areas. The facilitiessurvEiyedrangedin size from 1,550 to .140,000 gross square feet of building area. Peak parking. occurredduri ng the mid-morning and mid-afternoon hours. The highest rate reported was for the smallest facil- itysurveyed.As expected,. the rates reflect a higher parking usage than general offices. Future_studies should" provide a rate relating to the number". of employees in addition to building size. H 1- ~ r l I ! Parking Generation, August 198711nstitute of Transportation Engineers 101 ton ~ co co .s gr ~ ~ o · ,....c ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~c a co d ~ ~ .~ ~ o E-4.~ '-g ~.o .~ 'E Oij--o .~ 2 .Su ~ s~ ~ OJ).,p u s; 8.9 .~. ~.d ~ ~.~ =~ . P-c .~.co. . tIj. ooQ ~ ~ ~. ."'. .9... fo-I ~ .~ ~ ~. ..~.~ ~6h ::sg. ~ ~. co ~ <~<L) ~ e ~ ~ .9 u ~ ~ "'tj co 2 ~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ 00 ~ ~~ o.en 00 00 00 ~..N o~ N .co 0.(.) ~...C'd ~...~ o .ton o.~ \/") tI) o.....~ 'en ~o o~o O\/") \A.N o~ ~8 ~..C'd oP-c <0 ton o~~ N ~ ~en =0 "'tjo a~ ~.. "'" 0.<0 o (.) -,.. C'd o....~ \/")ton ~ + cd ~co en-< u. Obi) ~<O. .~ ..--..... .. ,....c. . ~"'tj o~ ~. .,....c ~..~ .~ <0 <0 0 .~ M ~ ("f) .~ 0\ \0 N o 0'\ ~ .> .1-4 ~ (.) C'd ~ co ~ ~ ~ s o ~ co ~ co (.) cd ~ ton C+-4 o ton ton o ~ ~ ~ co ~ ton ~ co S- o (.) o ~ ~ co ~ ~ co ~ co ton cd co ~ (.) .s ~ <0 ~ * /i-I (CITY OF C.OLLEGE STATION "'PJ ..... ... . PLANNING DIVISION ... . . . ... . Post Office Box 99601101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 77842-0960 (409) 764-3570 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Planning & Zoning Commission Jane R. Kee, Senior Planner July 7, 1992 ORDINANCE AMENDMENT - PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR MEDICAL I DENTAL CLINIC Staff has reviewed a request from Page Southerland fage (PSP), Architects for Scott & White Clinic, to r~viewth~ Qity's parkipgrequirements for medical clinics and to consider an ordinance amendment. With this requestPSP submitted information for sev~ral sourc~s; other citiesapdthe Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE). ITE suggests, from surveys of actual parkingsituatiops, that req-uirements should vary depending on the size of tbe clinic with less parking per square foot required as the clinic gets larger. Staff has reviewed the literature. and agrees and proposes the attached amendment to our Zoning Ordinance. The.breakdown staff proposes is slightly more restrictive on the mid size and larger clinics than PSP is suggesting and slightly less restri~tiveon the smaller operations. This is based on our experience with the existing clinic which is 45,000 square feet. With an approved variance. it supplies parking at a ratio of one sPace per 196 S.F. There have been some parking problems at the. clinic as is evidenced by continued parking along Glenhaven Drive. The problems have not been severe. JKlhjh jk Im\zoamelld doc I. T. E .P.ARKI~jG SURVEY (t~) GROSS. .S P E-AK PRK ~ ...dRA.TI.O.... + 10% 1 149 1/168 1 98 1/1~t:; ..... I .&....... "-' 1/218 1/248 1/281 1/225 1/255 ? () _''\.1 5,0 10,,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 1/30.2 1/318 1/331 1/275 1/289 1/300 60,000 90,000 1/342 1/368 1/311 1/334 . PROPOSED ORD. 1/200 1/225 1/275 AGENDA ITEM. COVER SHEET ITEM.. SUBMITTED BY: . J8.Ile Kee, Senior. Planner FOR COUNCIL MEE'I'ING OF: Augu8t 13, 1992 DIRECTOR....APPROVAL: EXECUTIVE.TEAMMEMBER. APPROVAL: ITEM: public Hearing toeonsider an ordinance amending. theZ;oning Ordinancerelative.to.parking requirements for "medical and dental clinics. ITEMStJM:MAB.!:1'hePlaIlIling Staff received a request from Page, SoutherlaIld, Page (PSP), i\rchitects f()r Scott & White Clinic, to review the 9ity'sparkiI1.g requirements for medical clinics and to consider an ordiLl.ance a111endm.ent.With.. their request .PSPsu bmittedinfonnation frolTIothercitiesarld. from the Institute....ofTransportCltion . Engineers (ITE1. .......... These...ar~the sanle ,. sources staff uses in reviewing parking requirements for ordinance amendments. Other cities. surveyed generally require a parking ratio offrom 1 Parking space for each 200 square feet to .1 space per 300 square. feet. . No other city surveyed made a distinction based upon. the size of the clinic. .. .ITE suggests, from sJ}rvers.of actual p(ITkingsituatioLls, that reql1i!ements should vary based upon clinic size, with less parking per square foot required .as the. .clinic gets larger. Staff has. reviewed the literature from. ITEand agrees that our ordinance should include a parking requirement. based on . size. The breakdown staff proposes is sligl1tly more restrictiveonthelllid-siZe and large clinics thanPSP..suggests. and slightly less restrictive .on theslllaller operations. This isbasedon ourexperiencewiththeScott &WhiteCliriic here :which falls in the mid-size range. There have been SOIne minor parking problems at this location. FINANCIALSUMMARY:N/A STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: P&Z recortnnendedapproval.attheir 7 -16 . meeting. CITYATIORNEYRECOMMENDATIONS:N/A COUNCILACTION.DESIRED: Approve amendment. SUPPORTING MATERIALS: 1.P&Z Minutes 2. Proposed. Ordinance "I........l.3.DQ.......... . Q -j- ./ },;;-o . .....8. . .....1 t .~.... .~0t~~o ~-lm