Hi John,
I sympathise with your dilema. However, in my humble opinion, the size of
the parking bay accords with Traffic Advisory Leaflet 05/95 (to which BS8300
refers) for bays which are parallel to the aisle (or walkway/pavement) in
off-street parking areas. I agree with Vin that the kerb height is too high
and would suggest having it reduced to 5mm max. BS8300 and TAL 05/95 also
recommend additional space at the rear for vehicles with hoists and rear
loading. I would also suggest you try having this incorporated within the
design.
Cheers.
John.
John Gregory
Access Officer
Cherwell District Council
Tel. 01295 221630
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From: John Rainey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 March 2005 15:53
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Subject: [ACCESSIBUILT] Disabled Parking Bays
Hi Everyone,
I'm asking for your advice as there is a condition on
planing for this but I
want to be reasonable to the developers without compromising
design criteria
vital for disabled.
A local new built office development is almost complete. It
has it's own
carpark with spaces allowed for disabled parking. The
difficulty is that
each space is just 2400mm wide including the spaces reserved
for disabled.
Normally, I would not hesitate to remonstrate on the poor
design used but
the disabled bays have all been layed out so they are
adjacent to the
pavement. This allows the disabled person to exit the
vehicle directly on to
the pavement. The pavement height is just 25mm higher than
the car park
surface thus allowing more than the 1200mm access zone
suggested by BSI
8300. The only allowance I believe there should be is a
1200mm access zone
at the rear of the parking bays.
Should it be insisted upon to layout the disabled parking
bays consistent
with BSI 8300 or am I missing something vital?
John Rainey
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