We’re presently making some decisions about how to do the parking on site. On the one hand, we want to provide as many parking spots as possible. On the other hand we’re trying to keep the costs down and every inch of asphalt and concrete we add is more money we’d rather spend on buildings. And on yet another hand, we have to have a minimum number of spots… how many? Well…
Since we’re not technically increasing the capacity of the church building (from a DA point of view), we need at least as many parking spots as the site already has… 124.
So that’s what we’ve made sure to have. A key way we’re doing that is reconfiguring the layout of the parking and adding some spots along driveway in front of the house.
You can see that we’ve squeezed in more spots on the east of the building and a few on the west, and a few below the house. You’ll also note that there’s a few disabled spots - which are a requirement for any development these days. We will need at least 3.
What about demolition? Yes, there’ll be a chance for that… one particular things we’re planning to take out is the little ‘pump-house’ on the southern fence. This currently houses a generator and a water pump… but we’d like to use that space for a road to get around the back.
Which brings us to the upgrades… one of the things we’ve worked out is that we’re going to need to upgrade several of the services and utilities that currently come into the property; the water pipe in looks like it needs to be replaced with a larger diameter pipe, the power that’s linked to the site looks like it needs to be increased to handle more air-con, etc.
So, we’re getting quotes for all these things now… anyone feel like digging a trench?