Commercial Parking Lots in Rochester Hills, MI

Commercial parking lots in the Rochester Hills area serve offices along the major roads, retail centers, churches, schools and homeowner associations with private streets. Each has the same basic needs: pavement thick enough for delivery and garbage trucks, drainage that gets meltwater to the catch basins, clear striping that meets accessibility rules, and work scheduled so the lot can stay in use.

Thickness where it matters

Rochester Hills' approach specification calls for 9 inches of hot mix asphalt over 6 inches of 21AA aggregate for commercial asphalt approaches, compared with 6 inches for residential ones. Inside a lot, cost guides cite 4 inches or more of asphalt for commercial and heavy-wear areas. Entrances, drive aisles, loading areas and dumpster pads take the most load and get the most thickness.

Overlay or rebuild

Where the base is sound, we cut out and patch failures, mill along curbs and around catch basins, and place a new surface. Where the base has failed across large areas, sections are rebuilt. A lot condition walk-through gives you a map of what needs what, so work can be spread over more than one season if the budget calls for it.

Striping and accessibility

The Department of Justice states that restriping a lot triggers the 2010 ADA Standards for accessible parking, including the number of accessible spaces, van-accessible spaces and access aisles for the lot size. We lay out stalls, accessible spaces and aisles, crosswalks, fire lanes, arrows and stop bars to fit your lot.

Permits and the street

Work at the driveway into the lot is right-of-way work. Rochester Hills requires commercial approaches to meet at least the Road Commission for Oakland County and MDOT rules, and notes city requirements may exceed them. Neighboring Auburn Hills requires a permit before commercial parking lot repaving begins, plus an inspection afterward. We confirm the requirements for your city before scheduling.

Scheduling

We phase work by section, use barricades and signs, and work early mornings, evenings or weekends when that keeps you open. Sealcoating is followed by restriping once the sealer cures.

HOA private streets

Many Oakland County subdivisions and condo communities own their streets. Those roads carry garbage trucks, school buses and delivery vans, so they need thicker sections than a driveway and a long-range maintenance plan. We walk the streets, map failures, and give the board a phased plan with costs by year so reserves can be planned.

Snow storage

Where plowed snow piles sit for weeks, meltwater runs across the lot and refreezes. We look at where piles go, and whether curbs, islands or catch basins need adjustment so water drains instead of icing.