Rivertown Parking Study Report

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Your downtown parking study includes a number of components...
- an inventory of parking spaces,
- a survey of residents and others,
- a review of costs,
- consideration of potential sites,
- design of a parking lot layout.

You are to include this information in a summary report for planning director Burnham Daniel and other city staff and officials. The outline of the report is shown below. (You can make a copy of this report template for your use.)

Parking Study Report

Date: ____________
This report summarizes research and data from a study of parking for downtown Rivertown. It examines three city-owned parcels and recommends the best parcel for a new parking lot, based on need, costs, and relationship to other community goals, objectives, and strategies.

1. Inventory of parking spaces

Total number of public parking spaces needed in downtown: ______________

Current number of public parking spaces in downtown: ______________

Number of new public parking spaces needed in downtown: ______________

2. Parking survey of residents and others

Summary description of parking needs based on survey:

_______________________________________________________________________________

Specific perceived needs:

_______________________________________________________________________________

3. Recommended site

Site recommended for new parking: __________________________________________

Describe reasons for recommendation of this site.

_______________________________________________________________________________

4. Site layout

Attach a scaled drawing showing layout of recommended parking lot.

5. Project Cost

Estimated cost of new lot: __________________________________________

6. Other comments

_______________________________________________________________________________

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