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Minor Exception No. 2008-01 July 14, 2008 Page 3 Based on the City's parking requirement, the proposed trade schools, medical offices and charter school require a total of 969 total parking spaces. Currently, the proj ect site provides a total of 847 total spaces. Therefore, a deficiency of 122 parking spaces is anticipated, which is equivalent to a 13 percent parking reduction for project site. As proposed, the additional parking required for the two trade schools exceeds the amount of parking provided on-site. Section 41-632(3) (g) of the SAMC gives the City the ability to allow a parking reduction through the minor exception process of up to a maximum of 20 percent of the required parking spaces. In addition, Section 41-638.1 (c) allows the possibility of a minor exception provided it can be established that no conflict will arise between parking for one use and parking for another use due to differences in primary utilization of parking spaces between the different tenants. In order to analyze whether or not the existing parking lot would be adequate enough to support the proposed expansion, the applicants prepared a shared parking study. The shared parking analysis was prepared by the traffic engineering firm of RK Engineering Group, Inc. The study was completed using the Urban Land Institute (ULI) shared parking methodology and the Institute of Transportation Engineers parking demand (Exhibit 4). The Shared Parking Analysis for the North Park Plaza office complex was intended to provide an analysis of the parking demand based on the different activity patterns and uses within the center. It reviewed the City's parking requirement for medical offices and trade schools and proposed an alternative demand based on other parking generation factors and/or actual parking usage. Two methodologies were used while conducting the parking analysis. The first methodology utilized the Urban Land Institute (ULI) shared parking concept, while the second performed actual parking lot counts for the existing land uses plus assigned a parking demand for the vacant tenant spaces per the actual code requirements. Both methodologies concluded that sufficient parking was provided to meet the peak and future parking demands of the shopping center. Based on the analysis provided by RK Engineering, Inc., the maximum number of on-site parking spaces expected to be occupied is 829 on January weekdays and weekends. Based on the shared parking concept, a total of two percent of the parking spaces were projected to be unoccupied with a maximum demand based on all uses. In addition, field counts were performed on April 22, 2008 by RK Engineering, Inc., which identified a maximum of 168 stalls occupied during the peak hour. To better evaluate the potential parking demand the traffic engineer took into account 31A-4