Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
Statistic
Peak Period Demand
2:00 4:00 p.m.
Peak Period
6
Number of Study Sites
160 beds
Average Size of Study Sites
0.39 vehicles per bed
Average Peak Period Parking Demand
0.18
Standard Deviation
46%
Coefficient of Variation
0.12 0.62 vehicles per bed
Range
85th Percentile
0.52 vehicles per bed
33rd Percentile
0.35 vehicles per bed
Table 2.1
Parking Demand Table - Weekday
Parking Generation, 3rd Edition, 2004
Institute of Transportation Engineers
review of the site is recommended
2.2.3 Topography
(See Figure 2.4). Large rock
outcroppings could influence
Topographical influences may effect the
landscaping on site as well as the
orientation of access points to the facility
location of the facility on the site.
such as entrance, service, egress,
Consider using major outcroppings
parking, perimeter road for emergency,
as a landscaping feature on the
retaining walls, berms, landscaping and
project site.
general location of the structure on the
site (See Figure 2.2). During the
Where possible, at-grade site
planning phase of the project, consider
access from the facility is desired.
what the impact of the topography of the
Existing on-site grading is an
site will have on the design. Walks,
important consideration when
ramps, outcroppings and roadways are
planning and locating the access
also features that are impacted by site
points of the facility.
topography. (See Figure 2.3) During the
initial survey of the site, a physical
Interior
Courtyard with
Building
Drop-off at
Wander
Beyond
covered
Garden with
Entrance
Fence Beyond
Figure 2.2
Generic Site Section: Multi-level Facility
with Variation in Topography
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