My project is a bus maintaince depot in New York City with a zero lot line. The top floor (under the "roof" is all bus parking for vehicle maintenance and storage). The space is tempered or conditioned. Above the buses the "roof" is part green roof and the rest is white. If I define this as a roof which I think it is for use in 7.2 can I also claim 7.1 for covered parking? Or is this somehow double counting?

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Thu, 03/10/2011 - 23:07

Christopher, I am thinking out loud here but I am wondering if the bus parking space can really be considered "parking" if it is under a roof, AND conditioned, AND possibly more of a workplace than a regular parking area.I'd appreciate other thoughts and opinions.

Christopher Sawyer

STV INC

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Thu, 03/10/2011 - 23:25

Tristan, The work space or maintenance bays are on the floors below. The entire floor really is parking for buses awaiting maintenance. But that's another wrinkle to this project - according to CIR dated 01/10/2008 regarding a Car Rental Facility it states that parking spaces designated for vehicle maintenance and storage can be excluded from total parking count for SSc4.3 and SSc4.4. We're not providing any FTE parking so "no new parking". So can you have covered parking and not provide "no new parking" if there is no official "parking" other than the building's use which is to maintain and store a fleet of city buses (about 140)?

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