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Draft Chapter 18.28 Tukwila Urban Center (TUC) District <br />spacing of every 300 feet or to each major building entrance, whichever is closer. <br />b. Pedestrian circulation routes through surface parking lots shall be a minimum of 6 feet in width, <br />and separated from vehicular areas by curbing and landscaping or raised six inches above the <br />lot surface. High traffic walkways should be wider. Decorative, contrasting paving, such as <br />pavers, bricks, stamped asphalt, or scored concrete, may also be used where pedestrian <br />circulation routes cross driveways or other paved areas accessible to vehicles. <br />c. Accessible car and van parking with signage and striping for access to the building shall be <br />provided per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). <br />7. Lighting and Safety <br />a. Parking and loading areas shall include lighting capable of providing adequate illumination for <br />security and safety, provide clear views both to and within the site, and be in scale with the <br />height and use of the associated structure. See also Lighting at Section 18.28.28-90 .B <br />E. Drive Through Facilities <br />1. Stacking lanes shall be located to the rear or least visible Dortion of a building. <br />2. Stacking lanes shall be designed to accommodate expected queuing. <br />F. Parking Structures <br />1. Parking Structures shall be located and designed to minimize their impact on public streets and <br />public spaces. Consider using residential dwelling units, retail storefronts or office space to line the <br />ground level facades of parking structures adjacent to a pedestrian- oriented street or open space. <br />2. Parking Structures shall be buffered from adjacent residential development with Heavy Screening <br />(see Section 18.28.230.8.3 Landscape Types). <br />3. See the Southcenter, r urur34 Design Manual and the City ofTukwila's parking Structure Design <br />Manual (Ordinance 1986, Dec. 2001) for additional requirements and guidelines regulating parking <br />structures, parking podiums, and garages. <br />18.28.270 GENERAL PARKING GUIDELINES <br />A. Parking Lot Landscaping <br />1. Trees in parking areas, when mature, should be large and have a high- branching, broad headed <br />form to create maximum shade. <br />2. Landscaping in parking lot interiors and at entries should not obstruct a driver's clear sight lines to <br />oncoming traffic. <br />W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 2 \FINAL PC BOOK26.12.12with markups.dou Page 70 6/21/2012 <br />II�i <br />