Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 4 Needs Assessment 4-56 May 12, 2023 Current and Projected Parking Deficits/Surpluses The College currently owns 97% of Guidelines allowed parking spaces. The data suggests that by 2030, FCC will own 77% of its computed parking space allowance. In advance of any detailed planning for future campus-wide infrastructure improvements, the College’s effective parking supply and its capacity to accommodate anticipated demand requires further study. Section Summary As previously stated, space guidelines calculations are not to be used as the determining factor when making decisions about facilities needs. The following excerpts offer some understanding as to why: “. . .no generalized planning or evaluative process can reflect all the nuances of the institutional situation and that complete dependence on and imperfect system is unwise and unwarranted.” “. . .it must be acknowledged that general planning criteria used in the evaluative process cannot be applied to the design of specific facilities. There must be some allowance for flexibility since no gross indicator is sufficiently sensitive to reflect varying requirements created by differing programs, philosophies, modes of operation, functions to be served, and architectural considerations . . .” --Maryland Four-Year Public College and University Space Planning Guidelines Maryland Department of State Planning August 1981 Allowance Inventory Surplus/ Allowance Inventory (Deficit)/ Parking Category Factor Current 2020 (Deficit) 10 Years 2030 Surplus FTDE-T 0.75 1,701 2,146 FT-Faculty plus Staff 0.75 309 389 Visitors 0.02 40 51 Reserved Accessible (ADA) Required 41 52 Total Spaces 2,091 2,020 (71) 2,637 2,020 (617) Data Sources: FCC Capital Planning and Project Management (Inventories), COMAR 13B.07.05.04 (allowances)
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