At a hotel entrance, the queue to collect a car can occupy a different space from the queue to drop one off. If a facade cleaning platform takes part of the forecourt, moving the valet desk indoors may leave both vehicle queues exactly where they were. Start with the movements outside, not the desk position.
Observe one arrival and one collection
Ask the hotel operator to trace each journey on a plan. Mark where passengers step out, where drivers wait for keys and where the returned vehicle stops. Identify the boundary between the hotel forecourt and the public route. Label observations with the time of day: a quiet morning photo does not describe the evening collection peak.
Test the proposed cleaning stage
Overlay the specialist’s equipment and ground protection area. Suppose arrivals still fit in the forecourt but returned cars must stop across a footpath. That is an unresolved public-access issue, even though the cleaning platform itself remains on hotel land. Ask the operator and traffic designer to review an alternative before advertising a new collection point.
Give the duty manager a decision record
- Which entrance and collection point apply during this stage?
- Who confirms that each is available before the cleaning crew arrives?
- Who pauses valet arrivals if vehicles start waiting outside the reviewed area?
Include these answers with the building cleaning permit enquiry. For a frontage shared with shops, see the tenant access register. Building instructions and public-space approvals should refer to the same arrangement.
Check RTA’s temporary Right-of-Way occupation service for the applicable submission scope. Send HMJ the site plan for a project review or call +971 50 778 9046.
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