Item 28 - GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing

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GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing December 14, 2020 Page 4 Additionally, the Public Works Agency obtained input from the neighborhood to the south regarding future street improvements. This included construction of a median on northbound Fairview Street which would remove the ability for a left-hand turn movement onto 16th Street. The neighborhood opted to have the median at Fairview and 161h Streets constructed in the future at a date uncertain and after the completion of Phase I of the Fairview Widening project. Parking Table 3: Parkina Data Standard Rate Demand Pro�ecfi , `Spaces ,©fference RroVidect State Law 0.5/unit 44 spaces 136 spaces +92 spaces The Orchard 0.4/bedroom 91 spaces 136 spaces +45 space LADOT Parking Study 0.85/family unit 57 spaces 136 spaces +79 spaces 0.29/permanent supportive housing The project provides 136 off-street parking spaces (1.6 parking spaces per unit) with 42 of the spaces in a tandem configuration. The State's Housing Laws requires cities to approve reduced parking ratios at a rate of 0.5 spaces per unit for 100 percent affordable developments within one-half mile of a major transit stop. The project will be 100 percent affordable with major transit stops located at the intersection of Westminster Avenue and Fairview Street. Therefore, per State law, the project requires only 44 parking spaces, but an excess of 92 parking spaces are provided. In addition, the applicant's traffic and parking consultant Fehr & Peers prepared a parking study which documents that 136 parking spaces are adequate for the 85-unit family and supportive housing project. Fehr & Peers collected parking counts at The Orchard, another affordable housing project in Santa Ana managed by Mercy House and redeveloped by Community Development Partners. A parking rate of 0.40 spaces per bedroom was factored. When applying the parking demand of 0.40 spaces per bedroom to this project the analysis concluded that 91 parking spaces would be adequate for the project. The study also notes the Los Angeles Department of Transportation's (LADOT) conducted an affordable housing parking study. LADOT collected parking data from affordable housing projects across Los Angeles County and developed rates of 0.85 parking spaces per family unit and 0.29 parking spaces per permanent supportive housing unit. When applying the LADOT rates to the project, the parking demand would result in a higher parking demand of only 57 spaces, which is still less than the 136 spaces provided for the project. In addition, the project will be managed by an on -site property manager and includes a parking management plan to allocate parking per unit, implement use of stickers/placard identification system and will allocate and manage the tandem stalls which are intended for use by the three and four -bedroom units. In addition, Huron Drive immediately adjacent to the project site is permit -only parking (1510 to 1606 N. Huron Drive and 1605 N. Huron Drive to 2605 W. 161h Street), which will minimize parking intrusion in the neighborhood.