Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Parking issues

[School of Mathematics, U of MN (dept]

On Wed, 27 Jul Nancy Wight  <cohousing-l [at] uci.com> asked about parking.

Sorry Nancy, but I can't help very much with the problem of someone wanting 
at-house parking when there is none available.  At Monterey CoHousing-Mpls 
our plan is to build townhomes with tuck-under garages.  The site is 
narrow and drops off on all sides.  Tuck-unders was the only way to park 
your car anywhere.  People living in the existing mansion will rent parking 
in those houses were there is an unused parking spot.  The townhouses are 
built like arms extending from the mansion, except that there is the 
obligatory gap in between as dictated by the city ordinance between the 
mansion and the townhouse arms.  The central area encircled by the 
townhouses and the mansion is our pedestrian zone.It's much smaller than we 
would like it to be but we'll make do.  People renting parking space in the 
townhouses will have to walk 50 yards or so, max.  And they can use the 
underground walkways which lead from the townhouse garages to the common 
space in the mansion. The walkways will be a real help in our cold Minnsota 
winters.  No more bundling up the kids and/or yourself in coats, gloves and 
hats just to go over to the common area!

Coming back to your situation, Nancy, would a neighbour be willing to share 
his/her garage?  At least the distance to be walked would be shorter.

Good luck,
Monika Stumpf, Monterey CoHousing-Mpls area, dept [at] math.umn.edu