Put some serious thought behind the amount of parks for each park system.
The 18-foot ceilings enabled the original building to have two parking levels for each of the top two floors, plus rooftop parking.
Ever since, Mr. Meltser has had to find parking for his trailers each night in a patchwork of nonsecure spaces on surrounding streets.
Such an expectation means new and converted residential buildings must include a built-in parking space for each apartment, a requirement that turns the first floor or two of a building into a parking lot.
Olmsted Green has parking for one car for each unit, supplemented by shared parking spaces and free shuttles to nearby transit stops.
In Staten Island a plan proposed last month by the mayor would require off-street parking for two cars for each single-family house, and three spaces for a two-family house -- and give a space bonus for steeply peaked roofs.
Housing estates built with one parking space for each house overflow with cars.
Concerts are free, but there is a $6 entry and parking fee for each car.
Ms. Zucker said the plans were then revised to create one parking spot for each of the 38 apartments.
