The parking garage under Building B, at Mound and Hope will continue to provide 59 public parking spaces. Public parking will be conveniently located on grade accessible via Hope and the alley between Mission and Hope. Twelve covered spaces are tucked under Building B and accessible via the alley between Mission and Hope, off Mound. The remaining 47 spaces are garaged and accessed via Hope Street. The design for this garage allows for public parking without elevators or ventilation shafts, thereby maximizing energy use, efficiency and reducing future maintenance costs for the City.
Bank parking for Citizens Business Bank, Bank of America, and East West Bank will be immediately adjacent to their branches. Citizens will receive 8 reserved spaces within the structure of Building A. The parking area will be accessible from Fair Oaks Avenue during banking hours and otherwise available for service uses. Bank of America will receive 14 reserved, on grade, spaces behind their Fair Oaks branch. The parking lot will be accessible from El Centro for bank patron use during business hours and public and service use during off hours. East West Bank’s parking lot will be improved and landscaped along with Eubanks/Davis and Boonlerawath’s parking areas.
All existing surface parking spaces on the south block will remain. The drive-thru mailbox behind East West Bank will be removed and the sidewalks replaced for better pedestrian connectivity between the north and south blocks as well as destinations west of the Downtown (Post Office, Farmer’s Market, etc.).
The 12 senior housing units on El Centro and Mound will receive their own, on grade, secure parking spaces (12) behind the El Centro retail facades. This parking will be accessible via Edison Lane just south of El Centro.
For short-term parking needs, 24 angled spaces and 7 parallel parking spaces will be created on El Centro. These spaces will be limited to one-hour to complement the one-hour parking on Fair Oaks Avenue and to encourage a greater volume of surface parking opportunities for shoppers.
Finally, four additional parking spaces were created between Building D and the Pettee/Capsuto properties. These spaces sit on what is currently CRA land and will be accessible via Mound just south of Mission through the 15’ wide access easements on the Pettee and Capsuto properties. For reference, Building D is set-back 20’ south of the property line making the façade of Building D 65’ away from the Pettee and Capsuto properties, which is approximately as wide as Mission Street.
Parking has been designed with ease-of-use and future maintenance as primary considerations. The overall site will include a variety of parking options for long term, short term, banking, employee, and resident parking.
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.