Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED BD+C: Schools

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - Schools 2007, v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

A 10/15/04 CIR asked whether a metered 30 minute space could qualify for the carpool/vanpool requirements of SSc4.4 on a residential project (relying on the 4/28/03 SSc4.4 ruling). You rejected their proposal because their project did not incorporate parking, and also stated that "in this case, though, the 30-minute parking spaces are not clearly marked as a carpool drop-off and pick-up area." You also stated that the spaces "must be owned or leased by the building owner or tenant(s) to insure their availability to project occupants." Our project represents a variation on that theme with important differences. We propose to put a designated, metered, 30-minute carpool-only space curbside in front of our building, along with a riderboard in the building and possibly a web-based carpool sign-up system. The spaces would be owned by the city, but they would be designated carpool-only spaces, and would be curbside right in front of our building. Because the carpool space is right in front of our building, it would clearly meet the criteria of "insure their availability to building occupants." We do have parking inside the building but we feel spaces curbside are actually more useful for carpool drop-off parking. Please confirm that this approach meets the credit intent, and please confirm that getting a variance from the city to have less parking spaces in our garage than the city code minimum meets the exemplary parking reductions requirement.