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Examples of Building Deficiencies
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160 and 160 W. Washington 173 and 179 E Washington
Minor Deficiencies
Major Deficiencies
Buildings that are standard or good are evenly distributed within the study area, with a
high number of standard buildings along North Main. The eastern end of Washington
has a slightly higher number of buildings with intermediate and minor deficiencies, as
does South Main.
Parking
One of the most significant elements of any plan involving commercial uses is
available parking. Talking to several citizens and business owners, parking is perceived
as a problem in Downtown. Table 10 on the next page as well as Map 7 illustrates
parking by the number of spaces and public, or private, ownership. Not included in this
count is the future parking lot for the Suffolk Center. The City of Suffolk offers 121 on
street parking spaces in the study area. Six city parking lots for a total of 600 parking
spaces are also utilized. These surface lot spaces are used for both city workers and
visitors. The majority of these spaces have two hour parking limits during regular
business hours.
Thirty nine other private lots are available in the area, ranging in size from five to one
hundred forty five spaces, with a median lot size of thirty-three spaces. Several surface
lots in the study area are not paved but are used for parking regardless. These lots are
either open to customers of the lot’s owner or are reserved for employees. In total, there
are 832 private parking spaces in the area. The grand total of both public and private
spaces is just over 1,430 spaces.
The largest parking lots in the study area are used by churches. For example, First
Baptist Church has 200 spaces, Suffolk Christian Church has 130, St. Paul’s has 50, and