June 99
Employee parking should be in a lot obscured from public view, for
cemetery employees, official cemetery vehicles, visiting staff, and vendor
vehicles. Locate the access drive to the parking lot beyond the public
entrance to the building and outside the secured Maintenance Yard.
Provide only pedestrian access from the parking lot to the Maintenance
Yard. Approximately 3% of employee parking spaces shall be accessible
to the physically disabled.
The size of the parking lot should accommodate all employees, plus
one to three cemetery vehicles, one volunteer, one vendor, one visiting
staff and seven honor guard vehicles. The siting of the parking lot must
allow for future expansion
Maintenance
The Administration/Maintenance Complex includes the building that
houses the personnel areas for the cemetery maintenance staff, the work
shops, vehicle and equipment maintenance areas, and storage areas, and
the Maintenance Yard, which contains maintenance activities that occur
out-of-doors. Limited space may be made available for volunteers
engaged in honor guard activities and some equipment parking at the
cemetery. Portions of the maintenance facility may be compartmentalized
for use by contractors. Contractor access to this space should not
require passing through VA controlled space, or vice versa. Both the
building and the Yard shall be physically secured. The entire complex
should have fire detection and security systems.
The building should have durable materials and finishes that require
little maintenance. The design and siting of the building should allow for
future expansion, primarily in the personnel and equipment storage areas.
The Administration/ Maintenance Complex should have a separate
secured vehicular access from the public road if possible.
Maintenance Yard
The development of the Maintenance "Yard" should provide for (1)
storage and movement of equipment, supplies, graveliners, and
headstones that are kept outdoors, and (2) above-ground fuel tanks and
pumps. The size of the yard must accommodate the unloading of a
delivery from a tractor-trailer truck.
VA Design Guide -- National Cemetery Administration
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