VEHICLE PARKING FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000600020016-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 18, 1968
• Content Type: REGULATION

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GENERAL SERVI 3 ADMINISTRATION
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-GSA ORDER
SUBJECT: Vehicle parking facilities
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April 18, 1968
1. Purpose. This order promulgates criteria for planning and allocating
parking facilities.
2. Cancellation.. PBS 7030.2A is canceled.
.3. Policy. The GSA Policy Manual, 4-l2b(3) (ADM P 1000.2), provides
that Parking for Government-owned vehicles, visitors, and employees will
be provided in the planning of public buildings with due regard to the
needs of the Federal agencies to be housed in each building, local zoning
and parking regulations, availability of public transportation, and avail-
ability of planned and existing public and privately owned parking facil-
ities in the locality."
4+. Establishment of facilities. Vehicle parking facilities to provide
for the needs of Federal agencies will be established in and around
existing Government-owned properties under the custody and control of GSA.
To the extent funds are not available therefor, such requirements as-are
identified will be programed in GSA's annual estimate of appropriation.
5. Vehicles to be provided facilities. Parking facilities shall be
allocated in the following order of priority:
a. Postal maneuvering area, and postal vehicle parking at buildings
containing Post Office mail operations.
b. Vehicles of patrons and visitors and service vehicles.
c. Government-owned vehicles used for criminal apprehension law
enforcement activities.
d. Privately owned vehicles of Federal judges, Members of Congress
and occupant agency heads. (Limited to the individuals and does not
include members of their staffs.)
e. Official parking. (Other than a and c above.)
(1) Net requirements of motor pool dispatch vehicles; which is
an amount less than the total number.of vehicles assigned to dispatch
service of the pool. The ratio of space to be.provided will vary between
approximately 60 percent and 80 percent of the total number of dispatch
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vehicles assigned to the motor pool, depending on the nature of the
pool operation. (Physically handicapped Government employees, and.
Members of Congress who use their offices on an infrequent basis, may
be permitted to park their vehicles in the area set aside for motor
pool dispatch vehicles.)
(2) Government-owned vehicles in regular use for official
business.
(3) Privately owned vehicles used regularly for official
business, i.e., 12 or more work days per month.
f. Employee parking for privately owned vehicles which are not
used regularly on official business.
6. Planning for new construction, extlensions, and conversions. The
planning for the provision of parking requires a specific study of
each project to identify all factors which have a bearing on the
amount of parking required. Parking is provided under a variety of
circumstances and for many different purposes, as indicated in par. 5,
above. Factors which have a bearing on the amount of space required
include: the total need for parking as developed from criteria in
this order; local zoning and parking regulations (including local
practices); availability of public and privately owned parking facili-
ties and adequacy of public transportation.
a. Vehicle parking in and around. existing Government-owned prop-
erties will be planned on an individual case basis, with primary .
emphasis on the maximum benefits to the Government to the extent that
funds will be available or appropriated therefor.
b. Community plans, project proposals, and draft prospectuses
submitted to the Central Office shall be accompanied with vehicle
parking plans rand a parking survey in support thereof.
7. Parking survey. Parking surveys may vary in complexity from a
simple accumulation of the various needs for parking to a detb.iled
analysis of employee driving habits, availability of on- and off-street
parking, cost of private parking, and other pertinent factors. The
parking data to be furnished with each plan shall cover the specific
considerations applicable to the case. The parking recommendation
shall be supported by factual data. The back-up data should show
sources of information. For example, the determination of the number
of off-street parking spaces should be based on-a survey and count,.
and the information on employee parking needs shall be the result of
a survey of employee driving habits.
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Guidelines.
a. General. Local ordinances and other requirements for off-street
parking, as well as local practices, the availability of on- and off-
street parking, and the congestion of traffic in the area, shall be
given maximum consideration in the planning of facilities to be ihcluded
in connection with new construction, major extensions, or remodeling.
b. Official vehicles.
(1) Planning for parking facilities for Government-owned vehi-
cles shall include the parking requirements of interagency motor'pools
in addition to parking for other Federal vehicles associated with the
building or locality. The nature of the activities of the agencies
housed in the building will affect the requirements for official vehicle
parking.
(2) motor pool dispatch vehicles shall be located at or adjacent
to the building housing the greatest number of potential motor pool-dis-
patch service users in the community. The regional staff of PBS and TCS
shall collaborate in determining the total motor pool space requirements.
In planning motor pool layouts in new Federal office buildings or on
nearby sites, it is necessary to include adequate space for an office,
storage of parts and supplies, inspection, lubrication, servicing and
washing as well as the required parking area. These activities will be
located in the building, on the site, or as near thereto as possible.
In every instance, the determination as to whether to locate motor pools
on the project site or at another location shall be supported by a cost
benefit analysis. The total demand for parking, (including employees
and visitors) ahall be considered in this analysis.
(3) Gasoline pumps, gasoline storage tanks, or the dispensing
of gasoline tc motor vehicles will not be permitted in Federal office
buildings not presently so equipped.
(Ii.) Storage of motor pool vehicles awaiting disposal and/or
assignment shall be located away from a downtown Federal building or site
unless the space available will permit such storage without excluding
any other needed classes of parking.
(5) Outside storage of motor pool vehicles is acceptable except
in locations having:
(a) Atmospheric conditions causing vehicle deterioration
(salt and other chemicals in atmosphere).
(b) Extremely low temperatures (mean temperature of minus
3.00 F or lower for 30 days). Outside storage is permissible in low
temperature areas when suitable electrical outlets are provided for
engine heaters.
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c. Service vehicles. Included in this category are small trucks
or cars which call at the building for the purpose of delivering or
picking up material which requires the driver to leave the vehicle
and enter the building. The need for an amount of service parking
will depend on factors such as:
(1) Availability of loading platforms for all building
occupants.
(2) Availability of vacant official parking spaces during
the normal delivery or pick up hours.
(3) Congestion of traffic in the area of building.
(4) Existence of a limited parking zone on the street adjacent
to the building.
d. Patron and visitor parking.
(1) Parking facilities for patron's vehicles vary somewhat
with the nature of the business conducted by agencies housed in the
building or buildings. Existing zoning requirements in regard to
patron parking must also be considered and generally should be adhered
to in providing such parking.
(2) The need for visitor or patron parking where the
Post.Office Department is involved is established by POD criteria.
(3) Visitor or patron parking needs of agencies other than
POD should be ascertained by survey and should reflect "needs,," not
"wishes."
e. E loyeeeparking.
(1) Parking facilities for employees should be'located within
3 or 4+ blocks of the building.
(2) For the purpose of determining employee parking require-
ments, major cities shall be divided into a "cure area" (central
employment area),-a axing area" surrounding it, and an "outer ring"
consisting of the contiguous area extending into the suburbs. The
parking needs for a building will vary depending on whether the build-
ing is in the core,'ring, or outer-ring area.
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(3) Consideration shall be given to the following factors in
developing the need for employee parking:
(a) The availability and capability of public transporta-
tion will have a significant effect upon the need. Studies indicate
that in large cities like New York and Chicago with high speed transit
systems, between 80 and 90 percent of the employees use public transporta-
tion. In smaller cities without adequate transit systems most employees
use automobile transportation. This ratio must be determined from local
transit authorities or by a study of the modes of transportation that
will most probably be used by the employees who will occupy the building.
(b) The average number of persons per automobile will also
vary and must be determined. As a general rule this figure will be about
1.4+ persons per car.
(c) in the core area of any city where the availability
and capability of public transportation is good and there are sufficient
off-street commercial parking facilities, only a limited number of spaces
can be justified for Federal employees and official visitors to the
building.
(d) Parking for employees shall be provided to the extent
feasible particularly when public transportation and off-street parking
facilities are inadequate in the core area of any.city and there is no
immediate plan for improvement. The number to be provided shall be
established on the basis of the various criteria and guidelines mentioned
herein, first computing the total need and then modifying the figures by
a percentage of the off-street parking available within three to four
blocks of the building (both public and privately operated). Further
consideration :;hall be given to the availability of "on-street" parking
and the congestion of traffic in the area. In the core area the ratio
of parking spseees to employees will range between 1 space for every 8
employees and 1 space for every 4 employees. The ratio selected by'the
region must be justified and the reasons for the selection stated in
the parking survey.
(e) The factors outlined in (d), above, for determining
the required facilities in the core area are also applicable to the
ring area or outer ring of every major city. In the ring area parking
facilities will be provided on a basis which will range between 1 space
for every 5 building occupants and 1 space for every 3 occupants. In
the outer ring, the ratio will range between 1:3. and 1:12 spaces for
occupants.
(f) Careful consideration shall be given to the fact that
it is not the intention of the Government to compete with privately owned
parking facilities but rather to provide a reasonable amount of parking
and thus be a "good neighbor."
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9. Parking facilities for leased buildings.
a. In general the procedures prescribed in this order for deter-
mining the number of parking spaces needed for Government-owned build-
ings shall, also be followed in determining the need for parking spaces
at leased buildings. Parking needs for Government-owned vehicles and
employees' vehicles to be used on official business shall be specified
in each Invitation for Bids or Solicitation for Offers for, the leas-
ing of office, storage, and related space.
b. Except in those instances where an advance determination can
be made under par. lOc of this order that the Government may lease
space for the parking of Federal employees' vehicles which will not
'be used for official business, each Invitation for Bids and Solicita-
tion for Offers for the leasing of office, storage, or related space
shall ask for alternate proposals with and without a specified
number of parking spaces for such vehicles.
10. Authority of GSA to lease parking facilities for vehicles of
employees. Generally, GSA does not have authority to lease parking
facilities for Federal employees. However, under certain conditions
and circumstances, parking may be leased by GSA in connection with
the leasing of space to be assigned to Federal agencies. Some of
the conditions under which parking may be leased by GSA and furnished
employees are as follows:
a. Where an analysis of alternate offers received from a prospec-
tive lessor in response to an Invitation for Bids or a Solicitation
for Offers shows that the amount of the offer including the specified
employee-parking is not greater than the offer without parking.
b. Where local ordinances or zoning 1f.ws require a building
owner to provide off-street parking for tenants and visitors to the
building, and such ordinances or laws require, in effect, that the
cost of parking be included in the rental for the office space.
c. Where it is determined that in order to.employ and retain
personnel to perform the the agency oragencies at a paric-
locat on, and thus avoid a significant impairment of the operat-
ng_ef 'Eiency of the agency or agencies, parking spaces for vehicles
of employees used to provide transportation to and from the place of
work may be furnished by the Government. Factors to-be considered in
making this determination are as follows:
(1) Daily hours of employment, including amount and time of
any overtime operations, number of employees on duty during such
overtime work, and adequacy of public transportation during regular
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(2) Daily time schedule of available public transportation
including frequency of service during peak demand by employees.
(3) Necessity for leasing space for an agency or agencies at
a location where public transportation is inadequate..
(4) The location of the leased facility in relation to the
geographical area where the residences of the majority of the employees
are situated, and the availability and frequency of public transportation,
the estimated time taken to get to and from work, and the cost of such
transportation.
(5) The amount of both on- and off-street parking available to
the employees in reasonable proximity to the leased space, the cost of
off-street parking and the impact the?adrUtional demand by the employees
will have on such parking facilities in terms of added cost and availa-
bility.
(6) Other factors considered relevant to the particular lease
situation, e.g., environmental factors involving sai'ety.of employees
using public transportation.
ra e available by 'the lessor directly to the Fedrr22emp oyees at a
stated monthly rate during the term of e h e ' ease. Where
loc codes or ordinances specify the number of parking spaces to be
provided in or adjacent to a building, depending on the number of gross
or net square feet contained in the building, or some other applicable
factor, the lessor, as a minimum, shall make available to the Federal
employees who will work in the building a proportionate share of the
total parking spaces required by the applicable code or ordinance, depend-
ing orb the amount of space in the building that is to be leased by the
11. Procurement of parki.nr; for Fedctal em3?loyecs not to be provided at
Government expense. In tnose instanccU where c Governmen ea~~"n ox'
parking facilities for Federal employees under par. 10, above, cannot be
justified, lease negotiations will be directed toward including a
provision in the lease that a s ecifi er of parking space i l be
Government.
12. Assign-rent of parking area. The Office of Buildings Management, PBS,
shall be responsible for the assignment and reassignment of parking areas
at Federal buildings and on other Federal property.
a. Space for storage of motor pool vehicles shall be assigned to -the
motor pool and motor pool management shall be responsible for the opera-
tion of the area assigned for motor pool use, which may include space
for non-pooled vehicles. The motor-pool management shall be-responsible
for the assignment and operation of parkifig spaces on Federal property
obtained for specific and exclusive interagency motor pool use under the
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authority of section 211(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended.
b. Assignment of parking spaces to agencies for employee use
should be on the basic of the ratio of total agency personnel to the
total personnel occupancy of a building. Assignment of areas will be
made to agencies which shall administer such areas for parking
purposes.
13. Existing parking. This order does not require the immediate
adjus ent of existing parking arrangements. However, all future
planning and adjustments shall be in accordance with the procedures
and guides described above.
WILLIAM! A. SCHMIDT
Commissioner,'Public Buildings Service
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