Employee Parking
Planning procedure is as follows:
Determine the number of cars to be parked
Determine the space required for each car
Determine the available space for parking
Determine the alternative parking layouts for alternative parking patterns
Select the layout that best utilizes space and maximizes employee convenience
Guidelines:
For remote sites not being serviced by public transportation. A parking space may be required for every 1.25 employees.
For a centralized location served by public transportation a parking space may be assigned for every 3 employees.
Check with your local and state building agency for the required standard.
Surveys of similar facilities in the area of the new facility can provide valuable data with respect to the required number of spaces.
The size of a parking space for a car can vary from 7ft x 15 ft to 9.5 ft x 19 ft.
As a planning guideline , if specific data are not available, allocate 33% of all the parking area for compact cars.
Increasing the area provided for parking decreases the amount of time required to park and depart.
Angular configurations allow quicker turnover.
Perpendicular parking requires greater space utilization.
Increase in the angle of a parking space requires larger aisle space.
Employees should not be required to walk more than 500 ft from their parking space to the entrance of the facility.
If multiple parking lots and entrances are needed in order to accommodate employees, then employee should be assigned to specific lots and entrances.
All plant entrances and exits must be carefully planned to meet appropriate insurance and safety codes. Sections 1910.36 and 1910.37 of OSHA standards describe the requirements for entrances and exits.
Handicapped parking requirements are given in Table 1.
|
Required Total Parking Space |
Handicapped Parking Space |
|
1-25 |
1 |
|
26-50 |
2 |
|
51-75 |
3 |
|
76-100 |
4 |
|
101-150 |
5 |
|
151-200 |
6 |
|
201-300 |
7 |
|
301-400 |
8 |
|
401-500 |
9 |
|
501-1000 |
2 % of total |
|
1001 and over |
20 plus 1 for each additional 100 spaces over 1000 |
Table 1. Handicapped parking space requirements
Automobiles parked in employee parking lots will typically be parked for an entire shift. Therefore, parking and de-parking time is not as important as space utilization. Table 2, 3 and 4 show parking space requirements for small, standard and large cars for parking angles of 45o, 60o and 90o.
|
SW |
W |
45 o |
60 o |
90 o |
|
8'0" |
1 |
25'9" |
29'4" |
41'9" |
|
8'0" |
2 |
40'10" |
45'8" |
57'2" |
|
8'0" |
3 |
38'9" |
44'2" |
57'2" |
|
8'0" |
4 |
36'8" |
42'9" |
57'2" |
Table 2. Group I- parking space requirements for Small Cars
|
SW |
W |
45 o |
60 o |
90 o |
|
9'0" |
1 |
32'0" |
35'4" |
48'0" |
|
9'0" |
2 |
49'4" |
55'6" |
66'0" |
|
9'0" |
3 |
46'4" |
53'10" |
66'0" |
|
9'0" |
4 |
44'8" |
51'6" |
66'0" |
Table 3. Group II- parking space requirements for Standard Cars
|
SW |
W |
45 o |
60 o |
90 o |
|
9'6" |
1 |
32'4" |
34'11" |
48'0" |
|
9'6" |
2 |
49'11" |
54'0" |
66'0" |
|
9'6" |
3 |
47'7" |
52'4" |
66'0" |
|
9'6" |
4 |
45'3" |
50'8" |
66'0" |
Table 4. Group III- parking space requirements for Large Cars
In Tables 2,3 and 4 SW represents stall width and PW is the projected stall width. If the parking angle is 90 o PW=SW. For parking angles other than 90 o , PW = SW/Sinq . Figures 1 and 2 below show the parking angles, PW and SW.
Figure 1.
Figure 2
Figure 3. Single and double loaded module option.
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Last Update: October 24, 1999 |
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Prepared by : Serdar Z. Elgun |
