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Table 2 assumes that all rental space as currently built out within the existing Santa Clara Plaza (2106 N. Tustin Avenue - 2156 N. Tustin Avenue) is parked using the retail parking rate per City code, with the following exceptions: the dental office at 2126 N. Tustin Avenue (parked at the dental medical office rate) and the restaurants at 2106, 2110, and 2156 N. Tustin Avenue (parked at the restaurant rate). Table 2 indicates that the combined parking requirement would be 190 parking spaces compared to a supply of 173 parking spaces. EXISTING PARKING DEMAND The following section documents the parking data collection efforts and results. Parking demand at the shopping center was observed in December 2007 on two weekdays and a Saturday during the hours of 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM. These hours were chosen because all of the land uses were open at some point during these hours. It should be noted that prior to the parking data collection, construction was started on Santa Clara Avenue, resulting in the elimination of all on-street parking. It was observed by the applicant that residents from the nearby dwelling units were utilizing the Santa Clara Plaza parking lot due to the lack of parking on Santa Clara Avenue. While the applicant was able to discourage a number of the residents from parking in the lot, the parking data collection does include some resident parking. The parking demand counts were not modified to take this into account and thus, maybe slightly overstated. Parking Data Collection Parking data was collected for one-hour periods from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 20, 2007, Friday, December 21, 2007, and Saturday, December 22, 2007. A summary of the parking data collected is provided on Table 3. The summary on Table 3 includes an accounting of the number of parked vehicles on-site during each hour collection period. The summary indicates that the highest number of vehicles parked in the lot during the data collection period was on Thursday, December 20 at 2:00 PM, when there were 93 vehicles parked in the lot. The highest number of vehicles parked in the lot on Friday was 87 vehicles at 4:00 PM. The highest number of vehicles parked in the lot on Saturday was 64 vehicles at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM. As indicated in the results of the data collection, the parking demand for the existing uses on the site is significantly lower than the level of parking required by City code. PARKING EVALUATION WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECT This section addresses the parking supply compared to parking demand based on City parking codes assuming the proposed 6,170 square-foot restaurant and the closed restaurant space. The parking required for the various uses at the Santa Clara Plaza retail center with the proposed restaurant was calculated based on the City's code and is presented on Table 4. The City's restaurant rate of 10 spaces per thousand square feet was applied to the proposed 6,170 square footage and the resulting parking required for this amount of restaurant space is 62 additional parking spaces. Parking Study Eor Santa Clara Plaza January 4, 2008 31C-19