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47( D. 3. d. New One Story Buildings (cont.) Required parking must provide 167 car spaces. At $850.00/car, this comes to $141,950.00. Total basic development cost for this amount of floor area would ther-fore be tst'_mated at $2,641,950.00 for construction. Land- scaping and other needed expenses should be added to this figure. e. New Two Story Buildings - See Figure 1.03. The solid "building" outline in this diagram shows the general. size of building needed to provide equivalent amount of floor space possible in one-story scheme (50,000 sq. ft). We can assume costs (building and parking) would be the same. This leaves room on the site for an additional 12,000 sq. ft of floor space contained in a two story structure, plus the provision of additional 40 car spaces that would also be needed, The ad-, ditional costs, using the same unit figures would break down as follows: 1) 12,000 sf bldg @ $50.00/sf - $600,000.00 40 car spaces @ $850.00/car $ 34,000.00 Total $634,000.00 2) Total construction costs of 62,000 sq. ft of floor space housed in two-story buildings and 207 required parking spaces would be estimated at $3,275,950.00 f. An elevator will be needed for each two story building in order to meet N.C. Code requirements for access of handicapped persons. Ramped walkways can meet the access requirements where terrain and structural considerations permit. A multiple-story building releases some land for other uses, such as needed access, required services and open space, or perhaps for siting of additional buildings. However the requirements for parking become a limiting factor on the total amount of usable floor space that could be planned on the site economically. Desirable spatial arrangement and aesthetic considerations would not suggest development that fills the site with just buildings and parking lots. Some open areas around and between the buildings should be reserved for walkways and landscaped outdoor space. A two level building sited on a slope would allow on-grade access at both levels. (The existing OPC Clinic building is sited in this way.) This may eliminate the need for an elevator in some cases, but only if separate programs or services can be located on sepa- rate floors, and where no direct connection is needed between them. More detailed information about the nature and requirements of the proposed uses would be necessary before such alternatives could be realistically considered or proposed. Drawbacks are costlier base- ment walls and reduced access of daylight, p. 8 of 12 p.