ParkingParking Standards and Demand.
“The fact that a customer usually visits several stores during a single shopping trip and the rate of turnover of the spaces distinguish parking requirements for shopping centers from
those of freestanding commercial enterprises.
Parking standards are expressed as a parking ratio—the number of parking spaces per 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) of GLA in a shopping center. GLA is a known and realistic factor
for measuring the adequacy of parking provisions in relation to retail use.
Based on a comprehensive study of parking requirements for shopping center conducted by ULI and the International Council of Shopping Centers in 1999, the following base parking standards
are recommended for a typical shopping center today:
Four spaces per 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) of GLA for centers with a GLA of fewer than 400,000 square feet (37,175 square meters)
The parking ratios presented above apply to centers that have no more than 10 percent of their GLA occupied by restaurants, entertainment venues, and/or cinema space. For centers where
these uses occupy 11 to 20 percent of GLA, a linear incremental increase of .03 space per 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) for each percent above 10 percent is recommended.”1
Our proposal reflects a restaurant percentage to the total size of 18.11%; therefore, the Center should have an overall parking ratio of 4.24 parking spots. ([18.11% - 10%] = 8.11 x
.03 = .2433 + 4 = 4.2433)
1 Retail Development, Fourth Edition by Urban Land Institute - ULI Development Handbook Series, Copyright 2008, (Chapter 4. Planning and Design, Pages 152, 153)