Parking Investigation / San Antonio UDC Parking requirements: Minimum 0.8 per room plus 1 per 800 sf of public meeting areas and restaurant space Maximum 1 per room plus 1 per 400 sf of public meeting areas and restaurant space. Calculations: Minimum Vehicle Spaces: 1 st floor 2 nd floor 3 rd floor Number of rooms 5 7 2 Common areas (sf) 12000 3200 0 Total number of stalls required per floor Total number of stalls required: 32 20 10 2 Maximum Vehicle Spaces: 1 st floor 2 nd floor 3 rd floor Number of rooms 5 7 2 Common area (sf) 12000 3200 0 Total number of stalls required per floor 35 17 2 Total vehicle spaces required: 54 Compact Vehicles: Up to thirty (30) percent of the required parking spaces may be designated for use by compact vehicles with minimum dimensions of eight (8) feet in width and sixteen (16) feet in length. Compact vehicle parking areas shall be identified by individually marking each parking space surface with lettering a minimum of six (6) inches in size. Turnarounds: All parking areas containing three (3) or more parking spaces shall include a turnaround which is designed and located so that vehicles can enter and exit the parking area without backing onto a public right-of-way.
Minimum stall Length and isle width (ft): Pervious Pavement.: Vehicle parking spaces may exceed the maximum number of spaces permitted if the additional spaces are designed as pervious pavement. Pervious pavement shall comply with the following: (1) Pervious pavement shall be located only on soils having a permeability rating of moderate rapid to very rapid (see definition of Permeability in Appendix "A" of this chapter). (2) Pervious pavement shall not be located in soils with an apparent or perched high water table or a depth to bedrock of less than ten (10) feet, as set forth in Table 3 of the Soil Survey. (3) Pervious pavement shall not be located on any slope exceeding ten (10) percent over twenty (20) feet. (4) The pervious pavement area shall be vacuum-swept and washed with a high-pressure hose not less than four (4) times per year.
Porous asphalt paving typical section Bicycle Spaces: Where bicycle spaces are required by subsection 35-526(b), bicycle racks or lockers shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a building entrance. The spaces shall not be located behind any wall, shrubbery, or other visual obstruction lying between the principal building and the bicycle spaces. The placement of bicycle racks or lockers should minimize conflicts with both pedestrians and motorized traffic. All bicycle parking provided should be set in concrete or flange mounted on concrete, and located a minimum of twenty-four (24) inches from a parallel wall, and thirty (30) inches from a perpendicular wall as measured to the closest bicycle rack. Bicycle spaces may be provided through bicycle lockers or bicycle storage racks. Bicycle spaces shall be at least two (2) feet in width and six (6) feet in length and shall be identified with MUTCD compliant (D4-3) signs advising persons of the location. Where each parallel bicycle rack is spaced at least thirty (30) inches apart said racks shall be counted as providing two (2) bicycle parking spaces (one on each side of the rack) provided there is at least four (4) feet between each bicycle space where arranged in linear fashion. The recommended bicycle rack design is an inverted U however; other bicycle security devices may be approved for use as long as they provide for: 1. Supporting the bicycle frame at two (2) locations (not just a wheel); 2. Allowing both the frame and at least one (1) wheel to be locked to the rack (without requiring that the lock be placed near the bicycle chain); 3. Allowing the use of either a cable or "U-type" lock; and 4. Bicycles that are equipped with water bottle cages. Sec. 35-527. Off-Street Truck Loading Requirements. (a) General Requirements. Truck loading facilities, shall be required in all zones other than the "D" downtown district for structures containing uses devoted to businesses, industry, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, processing, offices, professional buildings, hotels, multiple family dwellings, hospitals, airports, railroad terminals, and any buildings of a commercial nature.
No structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used, or occupied unless the off-street truck loading facilities herein required are provided. In the event that structures are enlarged, expanded, or changed, the structures shall not be used, occupied, or operated unless there is provided at least the amount of off-street truck loading facilities that would be required if the increment were a separate structure. (b) Responsibility. The provision for and maintenance of the off-street truck loading facilities shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the land upon which the structure requiring the facilities is located. (c) Types and Location. There shall be two (2) sizes of off-street truck loading spaces designated "large" and "small." Each large space shall have an overhead clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet, shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, and shall be at least fifty (50) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform, and other appurtenances. Each small space shall have an overhead clearance of at least ten (10) feet, shall be at least eight (8) feet wide, and shall be at least twenty (20) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform and other appurtenances. (d) Location. Off-street truck loading facilities shall be located on the same lot on which the structure for which they are provided is located; provided, however, that facilities provided under cooperative arrangement as hereinafter permitted may be located on another site not more than three hundred (300) feet from the structure for which they are provided. Service entrances and service yards shall be located only in the rear or side yard. Service yards shall be screened from adjacent residentially zoned or used property by the installation of a bufferyard as set forth the landscaping standards of this chapter. (e) Construction and Maintenance. Off-street truck facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications: (1) Drainage and Surfacing. Areas shall be properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, or asphalt, and maintained in good condition free of weeds, dust, trash, and debris. (2) Protective Screen Fencing. Areas shall be provided with protective screen fencing such that occupants of adjacent structures are not unreasonably disturbed by the movement of vehicles either during the day or night. (3) Lighting. Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic. (4) Entrances and Exits. Areas shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion. (f) Combined facilities. Requirements for the provision of off-street truck loading facilities with respect to two (2) or more structures may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common truck loading facility, cooperatively established and operated; provided, however, that the total number of spaces designated is not less than the sum of the individual requirements unless, in the opinion of the director of planning and development services, a lesser number of spaces will be adequate, taking into account the respective times of usage of the truck loading facilities by the individual users, the character of the merchandise, and related factors. In order to eliminate a multiplicity of individual facilities, to conserve space where space is at a premium, and to promote orderly development generally, the director of planning and development services is hereby authorized to plan and group off-street truck loading facilities cooperatively for a number of structures requiring such facilities within close proximity to one another in a given area in such manner as to
obtain maximum efficiency and capacity, provided consent thereto is obtained from the participants in the cooperative plan. (g) Minimum Requirements; Area. The following minimum truck loading spaces shall be provided in all districts for structures containing the uses enumerated in Table 527-3: Landscaping Acceptable Landscape Materials. A. No artificial plant materials shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this section. B. Plant materials required by this section shall comply with the minimum size requirements of Table 511-1 at the time of installation. Plant height shall be measured from the average grade level of the immediate planting area to the top horizontal plane of the shrub at planting, for single trunk trees, the measurement shall be taken at six (6) inches above grade level, and for multi-trunk trees, the tree shall be measured from the average grade level of the immediate planting area. C. Planting areas shall consist of permeable surface areas only. The permeable surface areas for shrubs may be included within permeable surface areas required for trees. D. In satisfying the requirements of this section, the use of four (4) inches of organic mulch material shall be provided at the time of planting. E. Each large tree, small tree or large shrub shall be planted at least thirty (30) inches from the edge of any paved surface.
Irrigation: Landscaped areas shall be irrigated with a system that is suitable for the type of plantings installed. An irrigation system will be required on projects when any one (1) of the following are used to meet the requirements of this chapter: A. An area greater than two thousand (2,000) square feet of new landscape; or B. More than ten (10) trees will be installed; or C. Projects which exceed four thousand three hundred (4,300) square feet of impervious surface. Shading area calculation: The parking area is ten thousand (10,000) square feet; therefore two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of shade is required. If Cedar elm trees are used at a value of eight hundred seventy-five (875) square feet of shade per tree, 2.9 or three (3) trees are required to be planted. Trees shall be planted within an island not less than nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet deep. Elective Criteria: (1) Generally. In addition to the mandatory requirements, landscape plans shall earn a minimum of seventy (70) points awarded for elective requirements. As an exception to this requirement, landscape plans for commercial projects which do not include off-street parking within the street yard shall earn a minimum of twenty-five (25) points and those in a designated "gateway corridor " adopted pursuant to section 35-339.01 shall earn eighty-five (85) points. (2) Tree Preservation. A maximum of forty (40) points shall be awarded for the preservation of existing healthy trees. Full credit in accordance with the criteria listed below shall be earned for the preservation of trees within the street yard up to thirty (30) points. Half credit may be earned for preserving trees within the street yard above thirty (30) points. Half credit may also be earned for preserving trees outside the street yard up to a maximum of fifteen (15) points. These points shall be included within the maximum forty (40) points permitted by this elective. Points shall be tabulated for each tree retained in accordance with the following criteria:
Parking Lot Shading: Twenty (20) points are awarded for compliance with subsection (c)(7), above. Further, an additional: A. Five (5) points are awarded when surface parking lots include canopy trees, as defined in Appendix "A", which shade a minimum of thirty-five (35) percent of any individual parking lot; and B. Fifteen (15) points are awarded when surface parking lots include canopy trees, as defined in Appendix "A", which shade a minimum of fifty (50) percent of any individual parking lot. Infill or Commercial Retrofit Use Patterns: Twenty-five (25) points shall be awarded for the provision of landscaping for an infill or commercial retrofit use pattern where not more than four thousand three hundred (4,300) square feet of impervious surface is added. ADA Requirements Site Arrival Points: At least one accessible route shall be provided within the site from accessible parking spaces and accessible passenger loading zones; public streets and sidewalks; and public transportation stops to the accessible building or facility entrance they serve. Each site arrival point must be connected by an accessible route to the accessible building entrance or entrances served. Where two or more similar site arrival points, such as bus stops, serve the same accessible entrance or entrances, both bus stops must be on accessible routes. In addition, the accessible routes must serve all of the accessible entrances on the site. Parking Spaces: Where parking spaces are provided, parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with 208. Van Parking Spaces. For every six or fraction of six parking spaces required by 208.2 to comply with 502, at least one shall be a van parking space complying with 502.
Accessible routes: Accessible routes shall consist of one or more of the following components: walking surfaces with a running slope not steeper than 1:20, doorways, ramps, curb ramps excluding the flared sides, elevators, and platform lifts. All components of an accessible route shall comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 4. SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS: All sidewalk construction shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 35 of the City of San Antonio Unified Development Code (UDC), City of San Antonio Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, and to the latest criteria of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) draft guidelines for Public Right of Way Chapter 11, Section 1101 to 1111, and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) adopted amendments to Texas Administrative Code 16, Chapter 68.102. Any existing sidewalks shall be required to be upgraded or replaced to meet the UDC and/or ADA. The minimum width of sidewalks adjoining a planting strip shall be four (4) feet. The minimum width of sidewalks adjoining the curb shall be six (6) feet for Collectors and Arterials and four (4) feet for Residential. Street trees may be located in the planting strip if trees are a minimum of three (3) feet from the curb. The minimum width of sidewalks located within the boundaries of the Downtown District shall be not less than six (6) feet.
Parking Analysis The first step in the design of a parking lot is the analysis of the site and the corresponding ordinances that will apply to the design of our site; this was our first step in the design process. Using the San Antonio Unified Development Code, we did an investigation and found the laws or regulations that will be of importance on our parking lot and landscape design. Below, there is a detailed analysis of the requirements for our site; this includes information such as the minimum and maximum number of stalls required for our site, the percentage compact vehicle designation, stall length and width, the number of bicycle spaces required in order to obtain LEED certification. Other information include landscape setbacks, building setbacks, and landscape materials. A detail summary of the preliminary parking lot investigation can be found below. The next step in the parking lot/landscape design is to apply all the rules and regulations found (San Antonio Unified Development Code) and start designing the parking lot and landscape. Attached is a preliminary parking lot layout. The design of the parking lot and landscape is going to continue evolving and changing as we find better ways to respond to the requirements. LEED for New Construction Investigation The first step in the LEED process is the review and analysis of a preliminary checklist. This checklist allowed us to do a preliminary analysis of which point could be applied to our project. Our preliminary analysis allowed us to reach eighty-four (84) point, which will allow us to obtain LEED Platinum Certification. At this point in the process, we are meeting the requirements for each point and making sure that the point is applicable to our site. For example, we have finished with the requirements for the first section of the LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations; we were able to meet and obtain ten (10) points out of the possible twenty-six (26) points. Next, we will continue going over each section and making sure that we meet the preliminary checklist and obtain the maximum points possible for our project. Traffic Impact Analysis Even though our project is located in an Infill development zone, which does not required a traffic analysis, we believe that a traffic impact analysis is necessary. We have located the businesses that play a role in the traffic of the area; this will allow us to complete our traffic analysis. The next step is to calculate the coverage, unit, and weekday PM peak totals (Enter/Exit) per business. These will give us a net additional trip that our site will contribute to the overall traffic of the area. Our preliminary assumption tells that because of the type of business and size of building, our site will not have a large impact on the overall traffic of the area.