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<br />Parking Studies
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<br />To effectively conduct a parking study, an accurate estimation of the existing and future parking
<br />demand must be performed. That determination should be compared to the parking supply to
<br />assess whether or not sufficient parking spaces exist, or will exist, to accommodate the
<br />development intensities. This assessment must include an overall evaluation, as well as a
<br />detailed, localized review of the parking deficits and surpluses to determine where to optimally
<br />locate the correct amount of parking to serve the needs of the community.
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<br />Another key component involves identifying who is parking and where. The parking behaviors
<br />of employees and residents vary significantly from tourists and visitors, and therefore, it is
<br />important to separate employee parking from patron or visitor parking. In addition, the walking
<br />distance from the parking space to the destination is a critical issue and is directly related to the
<br />viability of the parking facility. Intuitively, if a motorist will not park in a designated space
<br />because it is located too far away from their intended destination, it is not viable and is not
<br />effectively part of the parking supply.
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<br />If parking demand exceeds the parking supply, an efficient means to reduce the parking supply
<br />needs is through shared parking, which requires cooperation with city and local business
<br />leaders. Practically, it would require connectivity of parking spaces to enhance the accessibility
<br />of the shared spaces, as well as careful planning of compatible land uses to ensure that sharing of
<br />the spaces is most effective. At Keith and Schnars, P.A., we offer the City the kind of
<br />experience and know-how necessary to successfully complete these types of detailed parking
<br />studies.
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<br />Civil Engineering Services
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<br />As one of Florida's largest consulting engineering firms, Keith and Schnars has provided site
<br />engineering, infrastructure design, and construction observation for numerous mixed-use and
<br />single-purpose land developments, including public buildings, office parks, shopping centers,
<br />parks and recreational facilities, commercial, industrial and single and multifamily residential. Our
<br />full service offering includes site and master plans, water distribution and treatment systems,
<br />sanitary sewer collection and treatment systems, storm water management, cost estimating,
<br />construction documents and bidding, construction inspection, roadways and parking, surveying,
<br />lighting design, landscape and irrigation design, environmental studies, permit and approval
<br />processing, and public presentations.
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<br />At Keith and Schnars, we are aware that the City of Sunny Isles Beach may have some special
<br />needs such as the development of an alternate continuous north/south roadway parallel to A I A,
<br />whose primary purpose is to serve as an emergency evacuation route. The establishment of this
<br />alternative route will likely require services such as survey, right-of-way taking (eminent domain
<br />proceedings), easements, bridge and roadway design, and construction estimating and
<br />administration, all of which we have the capacity to provide.
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