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Parking Requirements for Sho??ing Centers recommends the following parldng ratios: RECOMMENDED PARHING RATIOS (parked cars per 1, 000 s.f. of GLA) Percentage of GLA in Restaurant, Entertainment, and/or Cinema Space Center Size (GLA in square feet) 0-10% II-20% >20% Less than 400,000 4.0 4:0 Shared parldng . 400,000-599;000 4.0-4.5 4.0-4.5 Shared parldng 600,000 and over 4.5 4.5 Shared parldng Several important factors should be taken into account in reading these recommendations: First, the recommendations aze based on GLA, that is, on that part of the sho,pping center which is leased to tenants for specific parking demand-generating uses. GLA is less than "total floor area" and is thus. a smaller basis for computation of parking requirements. Given the collective design and operation of an enclosed shopping mall, which has extensive enclosed walkways, collective restrooms, ma11 management offices, meeting rooms, and other spaces not present in single-store commercial sites or even in small strip centers, GLA is an appropriate standaxd of ineasurement. (Note that even GLA includes leased floor area which is dedicated to non-customer use.) Second, the parked car surveys prepared for the 2nd Edition measured the amount of parking occurring at shopping centers during the "20' busiest hour". This "20'h busiest hour" occurs during the peak Christmas shopping season. - The recommended parking ratios are designed, therefore, to accommodate shopping ma11 parking demand in what has been, historically, nearly the busiest possible market conditions. Quoting the 2nd Edition: 'This recommended provision of parldng spaces will provide the typical shopping center with sufficient parldng to serve the parldng needs of customers and employees at the 20' busiest hour of the year. Moreover, these recommended ratios pravide for a surplus of parldng spaces during all but 19 hours of the more than 3,000 hours per year during which a shopping center is open. During 19 hours of each year, which aze typically distributed aver four peak shopping days, some patrons will not be able to find vacant spaces when they first enter the center." Implicit in use of this parking ratio is, therefore, a choice to provide an amount of parking which satisfies the very high seasonal parking demand which only egists during a very short period of the year. The excess parldng spaces are largely vacant during the non-peak remainder of the year. Quoting the 2nd Edition again: Page 4 of 6