AS 2890.

1—1993

Australian Standard ®
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Parking facilities

Part 1: Off-street car parking

 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee CE/1, Parking Facilities. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 19 May 1993 and
published on 16 August 1993.

The following interests are represented on Committee CE/1:

A.C.T. Government
Australian Automobile Association
Australian Local Government Association
Australian Road Transport Federation
AustRoads
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Bicycle Advisory Council of N.S.W.

Building Owners and Managers Association of Australia
Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Australia
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Institute of Municipal Engineering Australia
Local Government Planners Association of N.S.W.
Monash University
Parking Association of Australia
Roads and Traffic Authority, N.S.W.
University of Queensland
University of Sydney

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 AS 2890.1—1993

Australian Standard ®
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Parking facilities
Part 1: Off-street car parking

First published as AS 2890.1—1986.

Second edition 1993.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 8308 8
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Parking Facilities and
supersedes AS 2890.1—1986, Off-street parking, Part 1: Car parking facilities. It is Part 1
of a series of Standards on parking facilities, the other parts in the series being as follows:
AS
2890 Parking facilities
2890.2 Part 2: Commercial vehicle facilities
2890.3 Part 3: Bicycle parking facilities
2890.4 Part 4: Bus parking*
2890.5 Part 5: On-street parking
The Standard sets out minimum requirements for the provision of off-street parking facilities,
including multi-storey car parks for motor cars, vans and motorcycles. In this edition a
significant amount of the text has been rearranged with a view to improving the presentation
of material. New matters covered include the following:
(a) An expanded section on barriers and wheel stops.
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(b) An expanded treatment of signs required in a parking area.

(c) A section on dimensions for lock-up garages.
(d) A section dealing with mechanical car stacking.
In addition, there has been a rationalization of both dimensions and terminology for
circulation roadways, aisles and ramps.

* In course of preparation.

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CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .................. . . . . . . . 5
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . .... .................. . . . . . . . 5
1.3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .................. . . . . . . . 6
1.4 CLASSIFICATION OF OFF-STREET CAR PARKING FACILITIES . . . . . . . 6

SECTION 2 DESIGN OF PARKING MODULES, CIRCULATION ROADWAYS

AND RAMPS
2.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 DESIGN OF PARKING MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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2.5 DESIGN OF CIRCULATION ROADWAYS AND RAMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

SECTION 3 ACCESS DRIVEWAYS TO OFF-STREET PARKING AREAS AND

QUEUING AREAS
3.1 CATEGORIES OF ACCESS DRIVEWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2 WIDTH AND LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.3 ENTRY AND EXIT LANES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4 GRADIENTS OF RAMPS AND ACCESS DRIVEWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5 GRADIENTS OF DOMESTIC DRIVEWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.6 QUEUING AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.7 ACCESS TO MECHANICAL PARKING INSTALLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SECTION 4 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

4.1 PEDESTRIAN SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.2 BICYCLE PARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3 SIGNPOSTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.4 LINEMARKING OF SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.5 PARCEL PICK-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.6 TROLLEY BAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.7 LIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.8 LANDSCAPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.9 HUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

SECTION 5 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CAR PARKING STRUCTURES

5.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.2 COLUMN LOCATION AND SPACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3 HEADROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4 DESIGN OF ENCLOSED GARAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

APPENDICES
A DESIGN VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS AND DIMENSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 42
B BASE DIMENSIONS AND DESIGN STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
C GUIDELINES FOR PROVISION OF PARKING SPACES FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D GROUND CLEARANCE TEMPLATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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FOREWORD

As an integral part of transportation, provision for car parking is vital to the economic life
of communities, whether it is in city central business districts, town business centres,
shopping centres, hospitals, department stores, entertainment and sporting facilities, or other
traffic generators. Parking areas must also cater for bicycles, motorcycles, pedestrians, and
other legitimate users.
The basic dimensions for parking spaces, aisles, circulation roadways and other manoeuvring
areas given in this Standard have been determined firstly by an examination of the
dimensions of vehicles in the current range, and the selection of an 85th percentile and a
99.8th percentile vehicle (see Appendix A). Following this, a set of base dimensions based
on requirements for the so-called B85 and B99 vehicles has been established, and a set of
design dimensions has been derived by the addition of working clearances (see Appendix B).
The concept of ‘parking module’ has been adopted to ensure that parking space width and
length are properly related to aisle width.
The success of a parking development requires an efficient design. It must represent a balance
between function, economics, safety and aesthetics. Consideration must be given to the speed
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and quality of parking service, the traffic circulation, access to and from the street, the
external traffic network, car manoeuvring, and convenience for the drivers and pedestrians,
including people with disabilities.
Although it provides minimum requirements, this Standard cannot be taken as a textbook for
the design of parking stations. The services of a qualified person experienced in designing
car parking facilities should be sought in the application of this document. Moreover, its use
does not remove the need to comply with regulatory requirements of local government.
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard

Parking facilities

Part 1: Off-street car parking

S E C T I O N 1 S C O P E A N D G E N E R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard sets out the minimum requirements for the design and layout
of off-street parking facilities, including multi-storey car parks for motor cars, light vans and
motorcycles.
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1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1158 Code of practice for public lighting
1158.1 Part 1: Performance and installation design requirements
1170 Minimum design loads on structures
1170.1 Part 1: Dead and live loads and load combinations
1348 Road and traffic engineering—Glossary of terms
1348.2 Part 2: Traffic management
1428 Design for access and mobility
1428.1 Part 1: General requirements for access—Buildings
1680 Interior lighting
1680.2.1 Part 2.1: Circulation spaces and other general areas
1735 Lifts, escalators, and moving walks
1735.12 Part 12: Facilities for persons with disabilities
1742 Manual of uniform traffic control devices
1742.1 Part 1: General introduction and index of signs
1742.2 Part 2: Traffic control devices for general use
1742.10 Part 10: Pedestrian control and protection
1742.13 Part 13: Local area traffic management
1744 Forms of letters and numerals for road signs
2293 Emergency evacuation lighting in buildings
2293.1 Design and installation
2890 Parking facilities
2890.3 Part 3: Bicycle parking facilities
ADR
43 Australian design rules for vehicle configuration and dimensions

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