Typical car parking ratio

Motor hotel City centre

Suburban hotel hotel

Guestrooms 1:1 1:3

Restaurants seats 1:5 to 1:2 1:10
Conference seats 1:5 1:10
Resident staff 1:1 1:1
Non-residents staff 1:3 -

Spaces and areas per car

Individual parking bay - 2.5 x 5.0

10% larger bays – 2.8 x 6.0

2% for disabled – 3.3 x 6.0

Car parking areas m2

Parking at 900 18.8

Parking at 450 22.1

Overall area with 21-23

Access and landscaping

Basement Car Parking

Basement car parking is expensive and the structural module for column spacing may be
dictated by the guestroom dimensions. The width of three parking bays, 7.5 m (27'6") equates to
two 3.65m (13'6") rooms and wall thickness. a no overall area of 25-30 m2 pet car
(380-460 sqft) is generally required with a minimum headroom of 2.05 m (7'0"). 10 percent or
more large bays are provided for limousines and disabled users.

The cost ratio of completely underground parking under buildings with mechanical ventilation,
sprinklers and two passenger lifts, is 13.0 X surface parking on tarmacadam up to
1.5xan equivalent multi-storey carpark with feature cladding and pitched roof.
Minimum and dimensions

Widths m Consideration

Within hotels site

In front of entrance 5.5 Setting down passenger’s inner radius

Two-lane approach 4.8 6.0 m widened on sharper bends two people

Single lane (one-way) 3.0 with luggage to shops cafes bars

Footway for pedestrians 2.0 Inner radius 10.0 m widened on sharper

bends

Street footway 4.0

Space requirements for loading dock areas

Hotel Loading dock receiving/refuse Vehicle docking bays

Gross floor area room storage areas

5000 80-100 60 1

10 000 150-200 100 2

25 000 400-500 250 3

Noise control
Typical Values for noise entry through windows

Situation Window Average dB reduction or STC rating

Resort hotel motels Single glazed a mm (1/8") glass, 18-20

Not directly facing openable windows
Highway

Suburban hotels tall blocks double glazed 4 mm 30-32

Air-conditioned glass with 2O-50 air gap
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