The main parking garage includes two levels spanning from the BofA/CRA parcels and El Centro Street to the South property line at Building C. The garage will accommodate 230 vehicles and will be accessible via Mound (under Building D) between Mission and El Centro. The residential units in Building A and Building D will receive reserved private spaces on the lower level. We also suggest initiating an employee parking plan to encourage all employees within the Revitalization Zone to park in the lowest underground level – freeing surface (angled and parallel), premium first-level underground, and bank spaces for customers.
The parking garage at Mound and Hope will provide private, secure, residential private underground parking (30 spaces) and will be accessible from the alley via a ramp. Residents will access a private lobby from their garage as well as from street level on Mound.
The Revitalization program calls for 423 parking spaces based on the requirement for 3 spaces per 1,000 square foot ratio for new and existing commercial structures, 2 spaces per unit for residential, and 1 space per unit for Senior housing. The parking program for new construction provides the Downtown with 431 parking spaces – 8 more than required. THERE WILL BE NO TANDEM PARKING. Existing parallel parking along the perimeter of the Revitalization area will continue to exist and is not included in the overall new construction parking program count.
Parking for Downtown South Pas was designed to provide sufficient and convenient parking, and to satisfy a variety of criteria, including:
- The majority of parking is below grade and offers two points of access.
- The Community’s desire to have safe and non-obtrusive parking.
- The City’s requirement that 59 public parking spaces remain at the corner of Hope Street and Mound Avenue.
- The City’s requirement that parking be provided for existing uses within the Redevelopment Area along with parking for new uses.
- Placement of driveways to enhance, not obstruct the pedestrian experience.
- Traffic conditions on the surrounding streets, most especially Fair Oaks Avenue and Mission Street.
- The physical layout of the sites. For instance, the Hope and Mound site is too narrow to create an efficient, multiple level parking structure.
- Existing sewer lines running through Edison Lane.
- Citizens Business Bank’s parking requirements.
- Bank of America’s parking requirements.
- The combination of senior, market rate housing and flexible studio loft space.
- Reluctance of existing business owners to contribute surface level parking.
- Separation of public and private parking.