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3.63.6 Off-Street Loading, Serviceand StorageAvoidXX Figure 3.6.a: Storage facilities should besited away from the waterfront, streetsand other public spaces.encourageXX Figure 3.6.b: This building on High Streetfronts the street with the active uses, inthis case offices, at the street.encourageIntentLocate and design off-street loading, service and storageareas to minimize the presence of inactive frontages alongstreets and public open spaces.The Central Estuary contains an extensive amount of off-street loading,service, and storage areas. These areas often create dead frontagesalong streets, the waterfront, public plazas, and open spaces.(See Figure 3.6.a). For new construction, off-street loading, serviceand storage areas should be minimized along streets, the waterfront,public plazas, and open spaces. Where off-street loading, service andstorage areas must front onto streets, the waterfront, public plazas,and open spaces, they should be designed with attractive or engagingfrontages that provide a high level of interest, as well as safety forpedestrians.GuidelinesLoading Location3.6.1 To the extent feasible, warehousing and distribution facilitiesshould locate the more active uses of the building (e.g., offices,lobbies, conference rooms, etc.) along streets, especiallyprimary frontages, public open space, and the waterfront withloading areas located along secondary frontages or to therear of the lot behind the building. See Figure 3.6.b.3.6.2 Ancillary loading and service facilities – For loading andservice areas that are ancillary to another use, preference forlocations, from most to least preferred, should be in the orderof:1) At the rear of the property, where it may front onto an alleybut does not front onto the waterfront, public plazas andopen spaces, or pedestrian pass-throughs;2) Within the building envelope (See Figure 3.6.c);3) Within parking lots;4) Along secondary frontages; or5) At the primary curbside street frontage but only if options1 through 4 above are infeasible (double parking is notpermitted by Oakland Municipal Code).XX Figure 3.6.c: Ancillary loading areatucked into the building envelope.16OAKLAND DESIGN REVIEW MANUAL FOR CENTRAL ESTUARY
3.63.6.3 Frontage along the waterfront, public plazas and open spaces,and pedestrian pass-throughs is strongly discouraged.3.6.4 Early in the design of a building and its site, ancillary loadingand service area location should also be coordinated withthe appropriate service provider and the City’s Public WorksAgency.Loading Design3.6.5 Where feasible, one-way or direct-through access for loadingand services is encouraged to effectively reduce their presencealong street frontages. See Figure 3.6.d.3.6.6 Clear right-of-way and parking restrictions signage should beprovided where truck, auto, bicycle and pedestrian conflictsmay occur within a parking lot or along the curb of a publicstreet.3.6.7 Loading areas and access lanes should be physicallyseparated from parking via curbs, bollards, walls, raisedplanters, landscaping, distance and/or elevation changes inorder to break up the perceived amount of paving. See Figure3.6.e.3.6.8 Bumper guards should be considered as part of the design ofthe building, not as an afterthought.encourageXX Figure 3.6.d: Integratedinto the building envelope,this one-way loadingfacility exits on the otherside of the building,minimizing its impact onthe street.AvoidXX Figure 3.6.e: Although the parking isseparated from the loading area by acurb, buffer planting would create amore pleasant environment and theopportunity for stormwater features tomitigate the amount of paving .OAKLAND DESIGN REVIEW MANUAL FOR CENTRAL ESTUARY17
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