Item 18 - Appeal Application of Conditional Use Permit to Allow the Expansion of a Private School

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Mano Dishoian November 8, 2022 Page 5 N:\4600\2224606 - Forty Martyrs Armenian Church - Middle School Project, Santa Ana\Report\4606 FMA Church - Middle School Project 11-8-2022.docx in 28 additional parking spaces being required. Applying the additional parking requirement of 28 spaces to the existing peak demand of 56 spaces result in a peak parking requirement of 84 spaces. Direct comparison of the peak demand of 84 spaces applied to the proposed supply of 88 would result in a surplus of 4 spaces. As such, the proposed site plan provides adequate parking to support the added classroom building. It is likely a small amount of parents will continue to utilize the Armenian Center parking lot adjacent to the site which will result in additional surpluses beyond what is reported. As an alternative approach, an empirical parking ratio can be calculated by taking the 56-space demand and dividing it by the 144-student attendance on that day which translates to a peak parking ratio of 0.389 space per student. If a contingency of 15% were applied the empirical ratio of 0.389, it would translate to an adjusted peak “design” parking ratio of 0.447 space per student. Applying this design parking ratio to the Project’s proposed parking supply of 88 spaces results in a maximum student enrollment of 197 students or an increase in enrollment of 48 students (197 max enrollment – 149 current enrollment). Although no changes are proposed to the Church, parking demand counts were collected to identify peak parking needs which could be compared to the proposed supply. Table 2 presents the count data during a typical service time. Review of Table 2 shows a peak utilization of 46 spaces at 12:30 which translates to an empirical parking ratio of 0.81 spaces per parishioner in attendance. Direct comparison to the proposed supply of 88 spaces results in a parking surplus of 42 spaces. As such, the proposed parking supply will provide adequate parking to support the existing church demands. In the event the church had a full attendance (210 seats) the site would need to use off- site parking at the adjacent Armenian Center. CONCLUSION As noted above, the Project would require an additional 28 spaces beyond the 56 spaces that are already needed for the school. This would result in a total parking requirement of 84 spaces which when compared to the proposed parking supply of 88 spaces would result in a surplus of 4 spaces. Additionally, based on the proposed parking supply the student enrollment could be increased to 197 students and still provide adequate parking. As such, it can be concluded that the proposed Project would have adequate parking to accommodate existing and future parking demands related to the school. In addition, the existing church would result in a surplus of 42 spaces when compared to the proposed supply. Therefore, the proposed supply of 88 spaces will provide adequate parking to support both existing and future school/church activities.