10TH AVE PARKING DESIGN PROBLEMS
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10TH AVENUE PARKING LOT DBSIGN PR0BLEMS & OBJECTIVES
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+.~ PROBLEMS DESIGN OBJECTIVES
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* need for more parking space
* maxi~ize the number of parking spaces within
the context of maintaining a convenient,
attractive parking lot.
* difficult pedestrian movement
* provide for safe, convenient pedestrian move-
ment, between stores and from North to South.
* awkward parking lot entrances:
narrow alleys, one-way alleys,
a mix of one-way and two-way
aisles.
* slmplify entrances, try to create two-way
entrances where possible.
* widen alleys.
* traffic flow problems on 10th
Avenue.
* emphasize convenient access to the parking lot
and the businesses in the area.
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* de-ephasize through traffic use of 10th
Avenue, but continue to allow movement
through the parking lot in a north-south
direction.
* image and visual character
problems: telephone poles,
unattractive backs of so~e
buildlngs, existing land-
scaping is deterlorating,
further landscaping needed
in some areas.
* remove telephone poles lf cost effective.
* address the design of the back lots of
Excelsior Avenue buildings in the parking
lot design.
* upgrade backs of buildings
* upgrade parking lot landscaping
* alley - building entrance
conflicts.
* improve the safety of entrances through
lmprovement of the alleys and parking lot.
* grocery parcel plck-up/
pedestrian confllct
* provide for pedes train ~ove~ent in the area
of the parcel pick-up.
* aisle align~ent problems
* slmplify layout of parklng lot.
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* Emphasize creating an attractive, inviting
parking lot
* Show buildings surrounding the parking lot in
the drawings of the parking lot deslgn.
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10th AVENUE PARKING LOT DESIGN PROBLEMS & OBJECTIVES
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~ PROBLEMS DESIGN OBJECTIVES
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* need for more parking space
* the overall objective of the parking lot
improvement project is to create a unified
parking lot.
* difficult pedestrian movement
* improve the function and lncrease the ef-
ficiency of the two parking lots existing, to
the end of making the two lots as one, in the
manner of a shopping center parklng lot.
* awkward parking lot entrances:
narrow alleys, one-way alleys,
a mix of one-way and two-way
aisles.
* de-emphasize through traffic use of 10th Ave.
but continue to allow movement through the
parking lot in a north-south direction.
* trafflc flow problems on 10th
Avenue.
* emphasize convenient access to the parking
lot and the bUSlnesses in the area.
* maximize the number of parking spaces withln
the context of maintainlng a convenient,
attractlve parklng lot.
* provlde for safe, convenlent pedestrian move-
ment, between stores and from North to South.
* simplify entrances, try to create two-way
entrances where possible.
* widen alleys
* i~age and visual character
problems: telephone poles,
unattractive backs of some
buildlngs, existing land-
scaping is deteriorating,
further landscaping needed
in some areas.
* remove telephone poles if cost effective.
* address the design of the back lots of
Excelsior Avenue bUlldings in the parking lot
design.
* upgrade backs of buildings.
* upgrade parking lot landscaping.
* alley - building entrance
conflicts.
* lmprove the safety of entrances through
lmprovement of the alleys and parklng lot.
* grocery parcel pick-up/
pedestrlan confllct.
* provide for pedestrian movement ln the area
of the parcel pick-up.
* aisle aliRnment problems.
* emphaslze creatinR an attractive, lnvltlng
parklng lot.
* show bUlldings surroundlng the parklng lot ln
the drawings of the parklng lot deslgn.