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Long-Term Stav Hotel Draft Parking Studv 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report summarizes the assumptions, methodologies, findings and recommendations of the parking study completed for the proposed Extended Stay America (ESA) hotel in the City of Santa Ana. The study examined the parking demand and supply for three existing hotels and estimated the future parking demand at the proposed hotel based on four different methodologies. 1.1 Project Description The project site is located just off State Route (SR) 55 approximately two miles south of the Interstate-5 (1-5) and SR 55 interchange and approximately two miles north of the 1-405 and SR 55 interchange as shown on Figure 1.1-1. The proposed project consists of converting an existing Woolley's Petite Suites into an ESA hotel. The hotel will be located in the City of Santa Ana's Hotel Terrace district in the southeast portion of the City of Santa Ana. The Hotel Terrace district is located approximately two miles north of John Wayne Airport. The ESA hotel chain directs its services towards guests who intend to stay over long periods of time by providing full kitchens that include refrigerators, cook top ranges, sinks, coffee makers, toasters, etc..., and on-site laundry facilities. The proposed ESA hotel will consist of 184 rooms with 2,040 square feet (SF) dedicated as a conference/meeting room. Figure 1.1-2 shows the site plan of the proposed ESA hotel. As shown in Figure 1.1-2, the ESA hotel will provide 214 parking spaces with 24 of these parking spaces shared with the Embassy Suites Hotel to the south. The 24 shared parking spaces are located on the southeast corner of the lot. In a worse case scenario, if these 24 parking spaces were eliminated, 190 parking spaces will be available for the proposed ESA hotel. 1.2 Purpose and Scope of Study The purpose of this parking study is to determine if 190 parking spaces are adequate parking for the proposed project and whether there is enough on-site parking spaces available to justify the City of Santa Ana supporting a IS-space parking variance. As discussed in Section 4.2, 205 parking spaces are required per the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code. ESA contends that parking rates for hotels listed in the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code generates a higher amount of parking spaces required than is actually needed for a long-term stay hotel. This parking study examined existing conditions, reviewed parking demand publications, and determined the amount of parking spaces by applying four different methodologies used to forecast parking demand. Page 1 TCB 75A-43