§ 9.1.0. GENERAL

The principal design objectives for any off-street parking facility are the provision of safe customer service and convenience coupled with minimal interference to street traffic flow. Specific ordinance requirements for parking facilities are provided in Chapter 25-6, Article 7 of the Land Development Code (LDC).

The following supplemental guidelines have been developed as an aid in both designing parking facilities in conformance with accepted principles of traffic engineering and safety and in calculating parking requirements. These guidelines and principles will be routinely applied during the site plan review process. The Director of the Watershed Protection and Development Review Department may allow deviations from these standards if there is sufficient justification to use alternative designs. Such reasons will generally be limited to severe environmental or topographical constraints associated with a specific site or to questions of traffic safety unique to a specific site that are not adequately addressed by the guidelines.

The word Director as it applies to this section shall refer to the Director of the Watershed Protection and Development Review Department of the City of Austin or his designee.