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Taylor Manemann
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FW: Preliminary Development Plan, PLH25-0011 CRMC Medical Office Building, located
on the Chandler Regional Medical Center campus, at the southeast corner of Frye Road
and Dobson Road
From: cablack@cox.net <cablack@cox.net>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: Preliminary Development Plan, PLH25-0011 CRMC Medical Office Building, located on the Chandler
Regional Medical Center campus, at the southeast corner of Frye Road and Dobson Road
I have read the preli minary development plan for the addition of a medical offi ce building on the Chandler Regional Medical Center Campus. Wit hin this pr oposal is a request to reduce the required number of parking spots for the hospital and
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I have read the preliminary development plan for the addiƟon of a medical office building on the Chandler
Regional Medical Center Campus.
Within this proposal is a request to reduce the required number of parking spots for the hospital and ancillary
buildings.
I am totally against approving this parking reducƟon.
I have visited this hospital frequently, most recently a few days ago when my husband had to go to the ER.
Each Ɵme I visit this hospital or the doctor’s offices in one of the ancillary buildings, there is NO convenient
parking available for paƟents, even in the parking garage!
This is especially true for the Emergency Room. There is a driveway to “drop off” a paƟent for the ER, but then
the driver must try to find parking in the parking garage, then walk quite a distance back to the ER.
If the paƟent for the ER needs assistance checking in, there is quite a wait while their driver arrives from the
parking garage, this could be a serious threat to the health and life of the ER paƟent.
There are mulƟple signs at the ER entrance that parking is not permiƩed and vehicles will be towed.
AddiƟonally, the hospital suggests that it could create addiƟonal parking by tearing down the Morrison
building. I highly doubt this will happen.
The Morrison building contains the Wound Healing Hyperbaric facility, of which I was the project manager for
the construcƟon of this unique treatment facility which uses oxygen hyperbaric units to treat serious wounds.
The hospital spent mulƟ millions of dollars building this facility and it is not possible to easily relocate it due to
the underground pipeline to provide the high volume of oxygen needed for the hyperbaric units.
Chandler Regional Hospital should NOT be permiƩed to construct any addiƟonal paƟent or administraƟon
buildings unƟl they provide a reasonable plan to provide addiƟonal parking to support an increase in the
number of
people visiƟng this campus!
I am sure if you poll other visitors to the hospital and its ancillary buildings you will find that they too feel that
there is already inadequate parking for the hospital campus.
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Not to menƟon there will be an increase in the staffing if an addiƟonal medical building is constructed.
The City of Chandler needs to obtain a count from the hospital as to how many people they have on staff for
all the faciliƟes.
Also, to be included is the number of doctors , physical therapists and staff in the Morrison building and the
medical facility at 495 S. Dobson which is on the Chandler hospital campus.
This will show the parking needs for just the employees.
Now add the number of beds, and the average number of paƟents treated at the ER each day plus 1 with an
assumpƟon that a person doesn’t normally drive themselves to an ER.
Basing the parking requirements on a “square footage” is not adequate for hospitals. Many hospital rooms are
smaller than the 450 sq feet plus many hospital rooms have two paƟents per room, plus their family members
and/or visitors.
Doctors’ offices have administraƟve staff to be considered plus their daily paƟent count.
Nursing staƟons have mulƟple employees including nurses, nursing assistants and support staff.
The American InsƟtute of Architects (AIA) provides guidelines for car
parking space requirements in hospital planning. The following are
the key consideraƟons for calculaƟng car parking space
requirements in hospitals according to the AIA:
1. Determine the Total Parking Demand: The first step in
calculaƟng the parking space requirements for a hospital is to
determine the total number of spaces that will be needed. This
can be done by esƟmaƟng the number of employees, paƟents,
and visitors that will be using the hospital on a daily basis.
2. Consider PaƟent and Visitor Parking Needs: The next step
is to determine the number of spaces hat will be required for
paƟents and visitors. This can be done by esƟmaƟng the
average length of a hospital stay and considering the number
of visits that are expected each day
I worked in the construcƟon project office for this hospital for many many years and I am very familiar with
the parking shortage on this campus.
This campus has mixed use – and the parking needs to be calculated on each type of usage, i.e. office for the
doctor’s offices in the Morrison Building, and the Medical Office facility, plus a parking determinaƟon per bed
for the hospital and ER.
The hospital needs to construct another mulƟ Ɵer parking garage to meet the current parking needs before
any addiƟonal new faciliƟes are approved!
I have also worked as a Planning and Zoning Administrator for a municipality and I am very familiar with
calculaƟng parking space requirements for commercial faciliƟes.
Respecƞully,
Carol A. Black
4321 S Purple Sage Place
Chandler, AZ
85248
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cablack@cox.net
480-285-7150