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26 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission • Floating The Good Life Parking and Circulation Vehicular circulation should make it clear where vehicles may be driven. A clear path of circulation from entry to loading and staging to parking should be as efficient as possible to allow a continual flow of traffic during busy times. Drive lanes should accommodate two-way traffic or one-way traffic with a passing lane. Drives 22 to 24 feet wide are recommended. Turning radii should be large enough for the largest intended vehicle to use the site. A minimum outside turning radius of 24 feet is appropriate for most vehicles pulling trailers or busses. Parking areas should be located away from the rim of a river embankment and at elevations higher than defined high water elevations of both lakes and rivers. River high-water elevations are documented by the National Weather Service (NWS) with river gages monitored by the closest NWS field station. Lake high-water elevations are documented by the agency having jurisdiction over the water body (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Natural Resource District, or the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, pending the lake). Parking areas also should avoid disturbance to wetlands or other environmentally sensitive features that may be present on site. The parking area should have the spatial standard minimums that comply with local zoning ordinances and design standards. If possible, parking stalls should be 10 feet wide by 20 feet deep to provide space for persons loading and unloading gear from the vehicle. Parking for vehicles with trailers or busses should be at least 10 feet wide by 45 feet long and be angled to allow entry and exit from the stall to drive lanes. Trailer or bus stalls 90 degrees perpendicular to the drive lanes do not allow ample space to negotiate the turn. The number of parking spaces at a water trail access can vary. This will be dictated by the size of a parking area the site can accommodate and the projected number of daily users. The division of parking spaces between standard single vehicle stalls and longer towing or bus spaces is also a projected determination in the planning process. The intended use of the access – whether motorboat use or paddle sport only will reduce the number of long stalls needed; however, every paddle sport only should still plan to park some number of trailer and bus accommodations. All public parking will require at least one ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) van accessible space measuring 16 feet wide by 20 feet deep that is properly signed and striped. Additional ADA accessible spaces will be based on the total number of parking spaces provided at a ratio defined in Table 1. If a determination of total parking spaces for the site design is uncertain, one strategy is to master plan a total maximum parking area layout then identify a first phase of construction. Reserve the remaining area planned for potential parking expansion in vegetation and wait to see how quickly use begins to call for additional spaces. Table 1: ADA Accessible Parking Space Requirements Total Parking Spaces 1-25 26-50 51-75 76-100 ADA Accessible Spaces 1 2 3 4 PARKING SIGN AT LOGAN CREEK

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