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Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-11 Variance Nos. 2006-03 thru 2006-05 August 28, 2006 Page 5 The applicant has provided parking to code for building. Thirty new parking spaces have been 29 parking spaces are required for the 3,788 building. the new Starbucks/retail added to the site, while square foot food/retail In order to analyze whether or not the existing parking lot would be adequate enough to support the proposed expansion, a shared parking analysis was prepared by RK Engineering Group, Inc., a traffic engineering firm, for the proj ect. The study was completed using the Urban Land Institute (ULI) shared parking methodology and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) parking demand (Exhibit 4) . The shared parking analysis for the Bristol Warner Village shopping center was intended to provide an analysis of the parking demand based upon the different acti vi ty pat terns and uses wi thin the center. It reviewed the City's parking requirements for restaurants and retail uses and proposed an al ternati ve demand based upon other parking generation factors. According to the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Shared Parking Publication, shared parking is defined as parking spaces that can be used to serve two or more individual land uses without conflict or encroachment. Land uses wi thin the shopping center were found to be compatible with one another with users often shopping at more than one business per trip. For example, customers eating at one of the restaurants on site might also shop at a retail store located within the shopping center, thereby reducing the parking demand required for individual uses. The study concluded that sufficient parking was provided to meet the peak and future parking demands of the shopping center. The number of on-site parking spaces provided is 472, while the maximum number of parking spaces expected to be occupied is 442 on December weekdays and 380 on December weekends. Based upon the shared parking concept, a total of 29 parking spaces (6.2 percent of the total lot) were projected to be unoccupied with maximum demand based on all uses. The study concluded that sufficient on-site parking will be available to serve the existing land uses and the proposed Starbucks restaurant. Staff therefore recommends that the Planning Commission approve the proposed 14 space parking variance. Based upon the above analysis and findings, Planning Commission approve the conditional required for the project. staff recommends that the use permit and variances 31A-6