Originally Posted by
californiagrown
Folks might be shocked at the parking stall dimension requirements from town to town. I design sites for a large commercial client we have all heard of all across the west and 2 towns side by side can have min stall dimensions of (8'x14') and the other (10'x21'). Its also wild how different the number of required stalls can be- for the same exact building and use it can be 12 stalls up to 42 stalls. Not to mention driveaisle widths, compact stalls, etc. Its all over the place, being rural, urban, suburban has no bearing from what ive seen... the only known is the number of ADA stalls required- because thats federal code.
Also, parking garages are fucking nightmares and i have warned, in writing, clients that the architects design will not accomodate anything larger than a sedan...and then they dont and jurisdictions get pissed at all the public complaints. The problem is that parking stalls are incredibly valuable in those big urban buildings' parking garages (as it allows more units to be built) so they get crammed in wherever juuuuuust barely fits. Its all about that $$$.