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Although these land use categories do not precisely reflect the proposed use, they nevertheless provide an indication of the parking associated with typical industrial users, particularly for the industrial park classification. Examination of Table 1 reveals the average peak parking demand for industrial uses is Ll8 spaces per TSF. The proposed project will provide parking at the rate of Ll8 spaces (104 spaces for 88,000 sf). It should be noted these figures represent the maximum parking demand that occurs at any one time and not the "average" throughout the day. Case Study Results There is an existing Contractor's Warehouse at 601 E. Imperial Highway which consists of two buildings totaling 108,400 sf located in an industrial area in the City of La Habra. This location is the closest similar facility to that planned in Santa Ana, and its peak parking was observed for six days (two Fridays, two Saturdays and two Sundays) in November and December 2006, and for one Monday in January 2007. The results of those parking observations revealed an absolute maximum parking demand of 42 spaces. That peak parking total consisted of 35 vehicles in the general customer parking lot and another seven contractor vehicles parked in the building supply area loading lumber and other materials. Another source of parking demand information is available from Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. who conducted case studies in 2005 of two Contractor's Warehouse Stores located in Pomona and Montebello. This study (copy attached) is quite comprehensive with regard to parking demand for this specific use and delves deeply into numbers of sales transactions and surrounding location (industrial versus retail) as well as actual parking counts to produce recommended parking guidelines. Summarizing briefly what this exhaustive study found was that the maximum parking demand at anytime was 88 spaces at Montebello and 99 spaces at Pomona. These stores are 76,000 sf and 65,000 sf, respectively. The report concludes that the absolute maximum peak parking demand on any day of the year is 88 spaces for Montebello and 116 spaces in Pomona. The Montebello store more closely approximates that which is proposed in Santa Ana because both of its size (76,000 sf) and its location in an industrial area. The Pomona store with its somewhat higher parking demand is situated in a conventional large retail center. The Parson's report provides an overall recommendation of one parking space per 950 sf (1.05 spaces per TSF) for this type of use located in an industrial area. Santa Ana HD Supply Repair and Remodel Site Traffic and Parking Analysis 4 Austin-Foust Associates. Inc. I07300lrpt.doc 31A-62