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Parking Design
Minimize the visual impact of
surface parking.
Figure 6.14: Locate a surface
parking area to the interior of a
site, away from the public realm.
NOTE
Off-street parking is subject to
Article VIII of the City of Healdsburg
Land Use Code.
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Site design considerations for parking include the location
of surface lots and parking structures, the access points to
parking facilities and the relationship of parking to pedestrian
and vehicular circulation systems. A parking facility should be
visually unobtrusive to the public realm and should be designed
to minimize vehicular-pedestrian conflicts. A surface parking lot
should include landscaping and pedestrian pathways. Refer to
the LID Principles outlined in Chapter 7: Design Guidelines for All
Development Types, for more information.
6.20 Minimize the visual impact of surface parking.
a. Locate a surface parking lot to the interior of a site, away
from the public realm and behind a primary structure.
* This is especially important in Character Area 5:
Downtown Core and 6: Healdsburg Corridor.
* In multi-family development, minimize the visibility of
common parking areas from the public realm.
6.21 Screen surface parking from public view. Consider
using one or more of the following methods to screen
a parking lot from the street:
• Landscaping
• Site Walls
• Decorative fencing
• Public art
• Combination of the features listed above
Where it is not possible to locate surface parking to the interior of a site
or to be buffered by a site’s development, screen the parking lot from
the public view.