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Resolution No. 2025-19 <br />Page 6 of 13 <br />Parking Requirements (Incentive/Concession) <br />Section 4.8 (Parking and Access) of the MEMU outlines <br />parking requirements for mixed-use developments in the <br />Village Center district of the MEMU. Specifically, as a mixed- <br />use project site the overall development requires 34 parking <br />spaces for the residential component (2.25 spaces per unit) <br />and 94 spaces for the office component (3 spaces per 1,000 <br />square feet), a total of 128 spaces. <br />The total required residential parking pursuant to the State <br />Density Bonus is 23 spaces (1.5 spaces per 2 bedroom unit). <br />Therefore, the total parking required with the State Density <br />Bonus parking requirements would be 117 spaces. The <br />Applicant is proposing a total of 136 surface parking stalls, <br />which would be a surplus of 19 parking stalls. Therefore, the <br />Project is not anticipated to have any parking impacts. <br />Staff notes that the Applicant is requesting a concession from <br />the parking requirements for the residential component, due <br />to the financial constraints and hardships associated with <br />meeting building code requirements for new parking. The <br />primary concern would be the financial burden associated <br />with complying with the electric vehicle charging stations <br />requirements. For multi-family dwellings, forty-percent of total <br />parking spaces must be equipped with low-power Level 2 <br />Electric Vehicle (EV) charging receptacles and ten-percent of <br />parking spaces must have Level 2 Electric Vehicle Supply <br />Equipment (EVSE) installed. EVSE refers to the charging <br />infrastructure that delivers electrical energy from the grid to an <br />electric vehicle (EV). <br />In order to meet these EV charging requirements, an upgrade <br />to the existing electrical infrastructure would be required, <br />including the installation of a larger transformer in compliance <br />with Southern California Edison (SCE) standards. However, <br />such an upgrade presents a significant financial challenge. <br />The costs associated with transformer upgrades including <br />design, permitting, utility coordination, and construction, can <br />exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Furthermore, the <br />process is often time consuming and subject to extended <br />delays due to SCE’s backlog and project review protocols. <br />Given these high costs and logistical barriers, the transformer <br />upgrade necessary to comply with EVSE requirements would <br />be financially infeasible for the Applicant and would place an <br />undue hardship on the development of the residential project.