AS 2890.2-2002

1 - AS 2890.2-2002 PARKING FACILITIES - OFF-STREET COMMERCIAL VEHICLE FACILITIES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 OBJECTIVE
7 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.4.1 Access driveway
7 - 1.4.2 Apron
8 - 1.4.3 Circulation roadway
8 - 1.4.4 Clearance height
8 - 1.4.5 Design vehicle
8 - 1.4.6 Entry angle
8 - 1.4.7 Loading dock
8 - 1.4.8 Major road
8 - 1.4.9 Major service area
8 - 1.4.10 Manoeuvring area
8 - 1.4.11 Minor road
8 - 1.4.12 Minor service area
8 - 1.4.13 Occasional service
8 - 1.4.14 Regular service
8 - 1.4.15 Service area
8 - 1.4.16 Service bay
9 - 1.4.17 Shall
9 - 1.4.18 Should
9 - 1.4.19 Swept circle
9 - 1.4.20 Swept path
9 - 1.4.21 Turning circle
9 - 1.4.22 Turning radius (design turning radius)
10 - SECTION 2 DESIGN VEHICLES
10 - 2.1 GENERAL
10 - 2.2 DESCRIPTION AND DIMENSIONS
13 - SECTION 3 ACCESS DRIVEWAYS AND CIRCULATION ROADWAYS
13 - 3.1 GENERAL
13 - 3.2 DESIGN PRINCIPLES
13 - 3.2.1 General
13 - 3.2.2 Occasional service
13 - 3.2.3 Regular service-Major road
14 - 3.2.4 Regular service-Minor road
14 - 3.3 CIRCULATION ROADWAYS
14 - 3.3.1 Width
14 - 3.3.2 Parking on a circulation roadway
14 - 3.3.3 Maximum grades
16 - 3.4 ACCESS DRIVEWAYS
16 - 3.4.1 General
17 - 3.4.2 Provision of one-way access driveways
17 - 3.4.3 Layout design requirements
17 - 3.4.4 Driveway grade
19 - 3.4.5 Sight distance requirements
22 - SECTION 4 SERVICE AREAS
22 - 4.1 GENERAL
22 - 4.2 DIMENSIONS OF SERVICE BAYS
23 - 4.3 SERVICE AREA LAYOUT
23 - 4.3.1 Design
23 - 4.3.2 Layout development
26 - SECTION 5 USE OF DESIGN VEHICLE TURNING PATH TEMPLATES
26 - 5.1 GENERAL
26 - 5.2 TURNING PATH TEMPLATES
26 - 5.2.1 Template description
26 - 5.2.2 Use of turning path templates
26 - 5.2.3 Reverse curves
27 - 5.2.4 Turns at speed
33 - 5.3 REVERSE ENTRY TEMPLATES
33 - 5.3.1 Reverse entry manoeuvre
36 - 5.3.2 Template description
36 - 5.3.3 Use of reverse entry manoeuvre templates
36 - 5.3.4 Exit manoeuvre
40 - 5.4 MANOEUVRING CLEARANCES
41 - APPENDIX A - SUGGESTED METHOD OF CHECKING VERTICAL ALIGNMENT FOR ADEQUACY OF VEHICLE GROUND CLEARANCE
41 - A1 SCOPE
41 - A2 PRINCIPLE
41 - A3 DESIGN VEHICLE GROUND CLEARANCE TEMPLATES
41 - A4 PROCEDURE

Specifies minimum requirements for the layout of off-street facilities for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles, including design requirements for access driveways across the property boundary and for internal circulation roadways. It provides for a variety of standard design vehicle sizes and configurations.

This Standard specifies minimum requirements for the layout of off-street facilities for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles, including design requirements for access driveways across the property boundary and for internal circulation roadways. It provides for a variety of standard design vehicle sizes and configurations.NOTE: State and local government regulations, by-laws or other statutes may impose requirements and constraints on the development of facilities which are additional to those specified in this Standard.

First published as AS 2890.2-1989.
Second edition 2002.