Salt Lake MSA Development Thread

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by Stenar

I don't know about that. The Winco in Midvale frequently fills its much larger parking lot.

I guess it really all depends on what Midvale's parking requirements are vs SSL's parking requirements. Most cities, maybe not Midvale according to your observations, have parking requirements well in excess of what will ever actually be used. I would be curious to look at Midvale's in that area of the city where WinCo is and compare there requirements to other cites.

[Stenar]

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

I guess it really all depends on what Midvale's parking requirements are vs SSL's parking requirements. Most cities, maybe not Midvale according to your observations, have parking requirements well in excess of what will ever actually be used. I would be curious to look at Midvale's in that area of the city where WinCo is and compare there requirements to other cites.

I just counted all of the parking spaces. Midvale's has 538 and SSL's will have 443. So, Midvale's isn't as large as I thought it would be compared to the new one, but still has more capacity, which is regularly filled.

I fail to see how the cities' parking requirements would impact the number of people who actually show up to shop at Winco. Midvale has a larger parking lot and regularly fills it, so I would expect the SSL store to regularly fill its parking lot as well.

Winco isn't a regular supermarket. They attract people from a wider area than a normal market would.

[Future Mayor]

Originally Posted by Stenar

I just counted all of the parking spaces. Midvale's has 538 and SSL's will have 443. So, Midvale's isn't as large as I thought it would be compared to the new one, but still has more capacity, which is regularly filled.

I fail to see how the cities' parking requirements would impact the number of people who actually show up to shop at Winco. Midvale has a larger parking lot and regularly fills it, so I would expect the SSL store to regularly fill its parking lot as well.

Winco isn't a regular supermarket. They attract people from a wider area than a normal market would.

The number of parking lots doesn't effect how many people come to shop. The majority of cities have parking regulations, 1 spot per a specific number of sq ft per different type of use, and most of the time these minimums are very excessive. Obviously the Midvale code isn't excessive, as you have pointed out that WinCo is very often full, and based on your count the SSL code may not be excessive either.

Due to it's proximity to the S-line it would make sense that SSL would have a more appropriate ratio.

[i-215]

Originally Posted by Stenar

Winco isn't a regular supermarket. They attract people from a wider area than a normal market would.

That is true. I drive 6+ miles to shop at mine. I would never do that for Smith's.

That being said, I've never seen a lot full. I have seen it get nearly full to the first cross-access aisle (transverse internal road). I bet they could get away with half as many spaces. Even then, we're still talking about hundreds of spaces. Far more than a typical supermarket.