PDF Garden City Area Plan - Horry County Government

INTRODUCTIONNumerous sections of the Garden City Community Plan citethe need to address transportation and mobility related issues.Such problems are a tangible indicator of increased use andstress on the limited carrying capacity of land andinfrastructure resources. Carrying capacity describes theamount of development an area can accommodate withoutundergoing irreversible ecological change or damage due tosome threshold limits to growth. Limits may beenvironmental (air and water quality), physical (infrastructurecapacity) or psychological (perceptions of crowdingaesthetics). In terms of urban ecology, numerous componentindicators determine a specific geographies urban carryingcapacity. Two such components are traffic and parking.Problems with either component may be indicators of largeruse and threshold issues.In the Garden City community, the indicators point to theneed for mitigating action to lessen the overall carryingcapacity impact to the entire urban ecosystem (residentialresources, natural resources, business resources, communityfacilities, etc.). This part or sub-element of the Garden CityCommunity Plan outlines some of the strategies that may beemployed to specifically address the indicator issues.Developing a comprehensive multi-modal parking strategy isnot an exact science, as every community’s urban experienceis unique. However, through the pursuit of a numerouscomplimentary strategies that seek a balance betweenrequiring too much parking and careful management of theexisting parking supply, the overall negative impact of the seissues may be alleviated.The following document organizes strategies, that as part ofan overall parking plan, may best suite the nature of theparking problem and the desired solution of the Garden CityCommunity. It is important to note that a combination ofstrategies utilized in tandem will most effectively address theissues cited by the community plan.PARKING STRATEGY FRAMEWORKStrategies to Reduce Parking DemandSet maximum parking requirementsPrice parkingOffer commuter benefitsImprove pedestrian, transit, bicycle facilitiesStrategies to Accommodate Parking DemandSet minimum parking requirementsProvide on-street parkingProvide parking information to usersRegulate parkingShare ParkingEstablish remote parkingpart1.1P a r k i n g P l a n