In a C&S office building, the owner has provided just enough parking spaces in the basement to the building tenants to meet the local zoning minimum requirements. Those parking spaces will be used exclusively by the building tenants as part of the rental agreements (no extra pay). Additionally, the owner is planning to dedicate a portion of the basement to provide paid parking spaces for the public. Under this arrangement, a non-tenant may park his/her vehicle in the building and go the neighboring shops in a separate building. Would these additional spaces (the public parking facility) prevent the project from earning SSc4.4? if so, does the project have the option of excluding this portion of the basement from the project boundary to achieve the credit?
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Steve Loppnow
Sustainability Account ManagerStok
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December 2, 2015 - 6:51 pm
It's reasonable to assume that some building users may use the additional parking too, right? If so, I would think that this extra parking (that is within the project scope?) would mean that the project is providing more parking than required by zoning, and so can't pursue this credit. I'm not sure that you could make a case for excluding it if it's within scope and not required by zoning.