31A - CUP 2010-01 - 500 W SANTA ANA BLVD

Home Browse Search

• Conclusions about the arkin demand for the Gardena site are not a licable to the P g PP Santa Ana site, since it was not possible to isolate the Everest College parking demand from the parking demand for other uses. • Conclusions about the parking demand for the Reseda site are not applicable to the Santa Ana site, since the parking supply was clearly inadequate to meet the needs of the College. • Actual observed parking demand for the Alhambra and Anaheim sites while class was in session ranged from 3 to 6 spaces per thousand square feet. • In both cases, the observed parking demand at the two comparable sites was less than what would be required by the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code. • Applying the higher observed rate of 6 spaces per thousand square feet to the total square footage for the Santa Ana site, the parking demand would be approximately 234 spaces. This is a conservative worst-case estimate, since the Anaheim site has a higher percentage of classroom spaces (at a higher parking requirement) than the proposed Santa Ana site. Estimated Parking Demand The discussion above indicates that, based on limited observations of comparable Everest College sites, the actual parking demand for this type of educational facility is substantially less than the City's parking code requirement. The observations have limitations, however, since the actual student enrollment and attendance at the time of the observations are not known. The parking supply that would be needed for the proposed Santa Ana Corinthian College site was estimated using another approach, based on information about the proposed operation of the facility, as provided by the project applicant. As previously presented on Table 1, the class schedule and attendance information indicate that, at peak operation, the greatest number of students attending classes on site at any one time would be 307 students with 36 staff members, during the evening class shift. The applicant has estimated that, based on experience with other sites, approximately 19% of the student base will be nondrivers, meaning that they will use an alternative mode of travel to get to class. Alternative travel modes include walking, bicycle, transit, carpooling, and being dropped off. Alternative travel modes are discussed in a later section of this report. Applying the non-driver assumption, if the evening class is at maximum enrollment, and all students are in attendance, there would be 249 students who drove to the site for the evening class. Assuming that all 36 staff members drive separately, the peak parking demand would be 285 spaces. At maximum enrollment, and 100% attendance, the existing on-site parking supply Corinthian College - 12 - February, 2010 Parking Study 31 A-32