The building that houses the store should either be built by the harbor management and 

 leased, or the site should be leased on a long-term basis and the lessee required to secure 

 management approval of the design. No special criteria are offered, but the architecture 

 should be in keeping with the decor of other facilities at the installation and the interior 

 functionally suited for the intended purpose. Boat sales or yacht brokerage enterprises may 

 either be a part of the boat service installation or headquartered in a separate building. 



PubUc restrooms must be provided as part of the harbor complex on the basis of about 1 

 toilet for every 15 berths (with equal numbers of men's and women's facilities) unless local 

 authority specifies a different ratio. Restrooms of such capacity should be located no 

 farther than about 1,000 feet from any slip. In areas prone to vandalism, it may be 

 necessary to keep all the restrooms locked and provide passkeys for the sUp tenants. Where 

 this practice is prohibited by ordinance, all fixtures should be of a type that cannot be 

 twisted off or otherwise easily damaged. Pushbutton or spring-closing valves should be used 

 in Ueu of ordinary faucets, and washbasin drains should have no plugs. In some areas it has 

 been necessary to install warm air hand driers in place of paper towels that can be used to 

 form plugs to stop up drains. Some marinas provide showers in restrooms, but always 

 requires a passkey for entry. The architecture of the restrooms should agree with that of the 

 other facilities of the complex. 



Trash containers must be provided, and should be located near slips with easy access for 

 collection and, if vandalism is a problem, be located behind a locked gate or otherwise made 

 secure against removal, overturning, or entry. The containers are usually at or near headwalk 

 landings, often alongside a small shed or enclosure used for storage of pier maintenance 

 equipment such as brooms, pails and hose. In many marinas, patrons have poured crankcase 

 oil into trash containers; this can be avoided by providing special oil containers. 



Shopping centers, transient housing facilities, restaurants, snack bars, and recreational 

 faciUties within the marina complex should be planned along with the more basic facilities. 

 The architecture and floor plans should be checked by the marina management or an 

 architectural review board, and adequate access routes, parking, Ughting, and pubUc 

 restrooms provided. 



The entire land area of the marina must be served by a road and walkway system (with 

 adequate lighting) that provides good traffic circulation and pedestrian access to all the 

 faciUties in the complex. The need for adequate parking has been mentioned, and 

 parking-lot design will be discussed later. Because many nonboaters go to marinas just to 

 observe the activity, observation points, some in the form of kiosks, are often provided at 

 convenient points. 



In most residential or commercial projects, the road and walkway system usually 

 provides the routing pattern for utility Unes, storm drains, and sanitary sewers in the land 

 area of the complex. The design of such a system is beyond the scope of this manual, but 

 the planner and engineer can obtain the necessary criteria from several texts on the subject. 



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