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WEST MAIN STREET PARKING OPPORTUNITIES AND ANALYSIS <br /> City of Charlottesville <br /> <br />Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 15 <br />PARKING UTILIZATION <br />To gain a comprehensive understanding of the existing parking supply, parking trends, <br />regulations, rates and management practices, the West Main Street study area was divided into <br />three zones, by geographic location and facility type, which were then subdivided into individual <br />block codes. <br /> Zone A: West Main Street between Ridge McIntire Road to 7th Street (On-street parking) <br /> Main Street Market Lot <br /> Old Albemarle Hotel Lot <br /> Lot next to Old Albemarle Hotel (Private) <br /> <br /> Zone B: West Main Street between 7th Street and 10th Street (On-street parking) <br /> House & Hound Lot <br /> Starr Hill Lot <br /> Sweethaus Lot <br /> <br /> Zone C: Staple Lot (243 Ridge McIntire Road) <br /> Amtrak Lot <br /> Hampton Inn Lot <br /> Republic Plaza (839 West Main Street) <br /> <br />These zones and locations were prioritized for on-street and off-street surveys as they included <br />commercial blocks with a significant presence of street-fronting retail, as well as the most <br />immediately relevant off-street parking within the West Main Street corridor. <br />Parking Zone Overview <br />On-street surveying of each zone was conducted over a five day period in September 2014, <br />prioritizing commercial blocks with significant presence of street-fronting retail, residential <br />streets with high-density housing developments or commercial-spillover demand, and off-street <br />parking lots catering to mixed, commercial, and civic uses. <br />This parking survey includes all on-street spaces and select off-street lots. Overall, the survey <br />included a total of 1,084 spaces, of which 401 are publicly-available and 683 are use-restricted. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />