Action Item D.4.3 – Employ LEED parking standards in setting goals for the provision and improvement of parking areas, existing and new. Prepare a design guideline for parking areas based on these standards and addressing drainage, planting, buffering, heat island effect, paving material, dimensions of aisles and stalls and minimum percentage of planted area. Survey existing impervious areas to determine level of compliance with Stormwater Best Management Practice Design Guide (BMP), EPA/600/R04/121A. Prepare a plan to move existing stormwater management toward compliance with this guide as feasible, and apply the guide to the design of all new catchment areas. In installing new, and replacing existing, exterior lighting fixtures, and in designing lighting controls and practices, comply with guidelines published by the International Dark Skies Association (IDA), and employ luminaires certified under the IDA Fixture Seal of Approval (FSA) program.
Pattern Language: Integrated Parking (BGPL2), Hierarchy of Paving (CMPL21), Soften Existing Hardscapes (CMPL22)
Problem: Inconvenient and Disruptive Service Parking Every building on campus requires routine access by service vehicles for a wide variety of maintenance and support activities. Where planned parking is not provided for this purpose the tasks of service personnel may be complicated and makeshift parking of these vehicles may be unsightly and disruptive. In planning parking for these vehicles, especially in core campus, not only should position with respect to the target building be considered, but route of access should be planned in the context of overall core circulation plans.
Action Item D.4.4 – Survey all facilities for the presence and appropriate location of service parking, and where there are deficiencies correct them. Coordinate this effort with any revisions to circulation and other parking resulting from Action Items …..
Pattern Language: Service Parking (CMPL8), Integrated Parking (BGPL2)
Problem: Bicycle Parking is Inadequate and Disruptive To reduce clutter and consolidate bicycles, adequate storage facilities should be provided. When well-designed, secure and covered, these facilities can be attractive enough to users to consolidate bicycles in
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