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Mr. Enrique Legaspi February 9, 2005 Page 4 The objective of this shared parking analysis is to forecast the peak parking requirements for the project based on the combined demand patterns of different land uses at the site. Experience indicates that combining different land uses whose parking demands peak at different times (of the day or week) generally result in a parking demand that is significantly lower than the summation of individual peak demand factors or City parking code requirement for each use. According to the ULI's Shared Parking publication, shared parking is defined as parking space that can be used to serve two or more individual land uses without conflict or encroachment. Given that restaurant/food uses have peak periods (afternoons and evenings) that differ from retail uses (early afternoons), it is appropriate to utilize the shared parking concept to forecast the overall parking demand for the site. The ULI Shared Parking publication provides hourly parking accumulation rates for retail, restaurant, and office uses, expressed as a percentage of the peak demand for the day. For retail uses, peak demand occurs between 12:00-2:00 PM on weekdays and between 2:00-4:00 PM on Saturdays. The hourly factors shown for retail uses are taken directly from ULI. The retail demand profile was applied to retail uses, as well as the Famsa furniture and appliance retail store. According to the VLI Shared Parking publication, restaurant uses are shown to experience peak demands between 7:00-10:00 PM for both weekday and Saturday. The restaurant demand profile was applied to all of the restaurant land uses (i.e., fast- food and dine-in restaurants). For office uses, peak demand occurs between 10:00 AM-12:00 PM on weekdays and is minimal on Saturdays. However, given that some business offices may potentially be fully operational on the weekends, the weekday general office parking utilization profile was applied to the weekend business office use. The office parking demand profile was applied to medical office uses. Tables 3 and 4 present the Weekday and Weekend Shared Parking Analysis for the proposed project, respectively. The weekday and weekend shared parking demand analyses are based on the ULI shared parking methodology. City parking ratios, as presented in Table 2, were utilized to calculate the base peak parking demand to which the hourly factors were applied. As shown in Tables 3 and 4, the hourly variation in total parking demand for a weekday and weekend day is identified. Only a few hours of each day are shown to experience peak demand levels. For a typical weekday, the peak parking demand is forecast to occur at 1 :00 PM with a demand of 533 spaces (Table 3). With an on-site parking supply of 505 spaces, the project site is forecast to have a parking deficiency of 28 spaces. N"25"i\21i425(}I\llepol1\25'!1 Fam" Expan""n Shared Parkmg ,\nalyslS 02-(19-055 5A181 6 LI NSCOTT LAW & GREENSPAN eng;neers