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Applying these factors to a mix of land uses yields a projected peak parking requirement, at a particular time of day. In theory, the total pazking demand for that mix of uses will not exceed that projected peak, due to the interrelationships and benefits of shazed parking synergies. Using the city code parking requirements for general retail and food uses, the ULI shared parking model indicates that the center would require 24 parking spaces. This takes into consideration the relocation of the delicatessen to the adjacent suite. The ULI analysis uses the City's general retail parking rate of 5 spaces per thousand square feet for the Qwik Korner market space, the vacant retail space, and the Javatini's space. The Ciry's food use parking rate of 10 spaces per thousand square feet was applied to the proposed relocated delicatessen. PARKING DATA COLLECTION Parking counts were made at the existing retail center in order to identify the parking demand actually being generated by Qwik Korner and Javatinis. Parking demand counts were collected at the retail center on Thursday, March 20, 2008 and Monday, April 14, 2008. The counts are summarized on Tables 1 and 2. Parking data collection worksheets are provided in the appendix. As shown on Table 1, the parking demand counts made on Thursday, March 20 were tallied for each half- hour starting at ll:00 AM and ending at 8:00 PM. The parking counts indicate that that the highest number of vehicles parked in the retail center was 20 vehicles between 12:30 PM and 1:00 PM. For all of the remaining half-hours counted, there were no more than 12 vehicles parked in the retail center lot. The observer noted that there was a large turnover in parking during the half-hour count intervals. It was clear from the March 20 observations that the peak demand at the center is during the lunchtime hours. Thus, based on the March 20 observations, parking demand counts were made on Monday, April 14 between the hours of 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM and tallied for each minute of the count period. The highest number of vehicles parked in the retail center was 22 vehicles at 12:39 PM. However, during the hours of 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM, the parking demand in the center varied from 13 vehicles to 22 vehicles, again signifying a large turnover in parking. It was noted that very few of the Qwik Korner patrons take advantage of the inside and outside tables, but rather leave the market within a couple of minutes. The observer on March 20 noted that, at the peak time, approximately 15 of the parked vehicles were associated with Qwik Korner and 5 of the parked vehicles were associated with Javatinis. Likewise, on April 14, the observer noted that, at the peak time, approximately 17 of the parked vehicles were associated with Qwik Korner and 5 of the parked vehicles were associated with Javatinis. The parking counts do not take into consideration how much of the Qwik Korner parking demand is generated by the convenience market versus the delicatessen inside the market. Evaluation of Parking Data Based on the observations, it is clear that the parking demand for the existing uses at the Qwik Korner retail center varies based on time of day and even within the peak lunchtime hours. Based on the observations, it is calculated that the existing Qwik Korner/delicatessen has a worst case existing parking demand rate of 7.7 spaces per KSF at its peak time (between 12:30 PM and 1:00 PM on a weekday). This rate is based on the April 14 parking observations. It was observed that the Qwik Korner parking lot was at the most 85% full (22 spaces used) for only 1 minute of the observations. At all other times, it was observed that the parking lot would be able to accommodate parking for all uses including the vacant retail use of 1,002 square feet. Parking Study for Qwik Korner Retail Center ~ ~ ~ _ ~ 5 September, 2008