Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
Property
Landscape
Line
Buffer
Walking Path
Service Access
Road
Landscaped
Grounds
Dual Access
Road
Figure 2.1
Generic Site Plan
NTS
Engineers (ITE). The table
2. Parking
The residents of Nursing Home facilities
suggests an average of .37 parking
do little driving; therefore, the
spaces per bed during peak hours
requirements for parking are generated
between 2 pm and 4 pm for visitors.
by staff, visitors, service technicians and
The ITE review of their study sites
deliveries.
indicates an average of 1.5 spaces
per 1,000 sf for a Nursing Home
Table 2.1 lists data related to peak
facility. The number of beds, the
periods of 2pm to 4pm on a weekday.
number of staff, and the size of the
Site planning concepts for parking as
facility all play a role in adequately
indicated in Table 2.1 are based on Land
sizing a parking area for a Nursing
Use: Section 620 Nursing Home, taken
Home facility.
from the Institute of Transportation
Office of Facilities Management
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