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CHAPTER 2 : FORM AND CHARACTER

C. Park Once Garages

The ‘Park Once’ strategy to address parking needs
is intrinsically tied to the possibility of transforming
Old Town into a viable place and long-term
commercial success. It is well-documented fact
that in a Park Once environment, conventional
parking ratios of 4-5 per 1000 square feet can be
appropriately trimmed to 2-3 per 1000, thus reducing
traffic and area for parking cars while enhancing
qualities of place for pedestrians. Accordingly, in
Old Town Newhall, the ratio used is 2.5 per 1000
square feet. Liner as corner tower

The two planned garages provide Downtown with
800 parking spaces and 2-3 story mixed use housing
or office liners around each garage. ‘Liners’ are
buildings which are mixed in use with commercial
or office at the ground floor and office and/or
residential above. Such buildings effectively ‘screen’
the utilitarian garages from public view while
providing developable area and maintaining the
pedestrian-oriented streetscape.

Up to 280 parking spaces are shared with the Jan
Heidt Metrolink Station with the train riders using
these spaces during weekday hours when Main
Street businesses do not need as much garage Mid-block access to garage

Park Once Garage (in Boulder, CO)

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