Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.1

Inquiry

Our client is planning to build a new office building in an existing suburban office/warehouse park (lot number 54). The lot is currently used to provide parking for the adjacent lot (lot number 53). As part of the purchase of lot number 54, an easement was created to require that our project provide enough parking to meet code requirements for lot number 53. Therefore, in order to meet zoning requirements and the requirements of the legal easement, our property (lot number 54) must provide enough parking to meet the zoning requirements for both lots. A copy of this easement can be provided at submission if requested. Specifically, for our building - lot number 54, the code-required parking count for the new building is 162 (49,093 SF. X 3.3 spaces/ 1000 SF). The total parking requirement for lot number 53 is 157 spaces. Ninety six of those spaces are provided within the boundaries of lot number 53, leaving an additional 61 spaces that must be provided on our lot (number 54), bringing the total parking spaces required for our project to 223. Our project site design provides for 215 parking spaces using a structured garage (145 spaces on-grade, including under the deck, and 70 spaces on the structure) - 8 spaces below the required zoning and easement provisions. In addition, we will designate preferred carpool parking for 5% of the building occupants. We would like to confirm that the inclusion of the existing parking encumbrance together with the local code requirements would satisfy the intent of Alternative Transportation, SS Credit 4.4.