Does a crisis center require covered storage for bikes?

Hi Megan, Covered bicycle storage must be provided for residential occupants. However, the residential occupants may be exempted in this case if your submittal includes a short narrative indicating the number of occupants who have been excluded from the bicycle storage calculations and an explanation of why this type of visitor cannot reasonably be expected to arrive at this destination on or with a bicycle that would benefit from on site storage facilities. Also, refer to LEED Interpretation 5019, which states that "longer-term" occupants must be included under the residential requirement of covered bicycle parking for 15% of occupants, as these occupants reside in the building and bicycle use may be offsetting car, bus or other transit trips. Based on this interpretation, your project may be required to provide the covered storage.