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Mr. Eric A. Nelson <br />September 16, 2013 <br />Page 4 <br />Office, business and professional: three (3) spaces per 1,000 SF of Gross <br />Floor Area GFA. <br />• Retail stores and service uses: five (5) spaces per 1,000 SF of GFA. <br />• Exercise gyms, spas, health clubs, etc: I space for each 28 SF of GFA devoted <br />to physical activity other than racquetball or handball (exclusive of locker <br />rooms, shower facilities, utility rooms, and ancillary public area) plus 2%z <br />spaces for each racquetball and handball court. <br />Table 1 presents the existing code parking requirements for only occupied floor areas <br />at the center, then for the total of existing vacancies, and then combined for the total <br />center. Existing occupied buildings/suites require 282 spaces, a number that is <br />directly comparable to the field studied peak parking demands established in this <br />study. Accounting for current vacancies adds a requirement of 437 spaces. <br />Combining the two, results in a calculated code requirement of 719 spaces. The <br />existing site has a supply of 366 spaces, which translates to a theoretical deficiency of <br />353 spaces when compared to city code requirements. <br />However, the specific tenancy mix of Floral Park Promenade provides an opportunity to <br />share parking spaces based on the utilization profile of each included land use <br />component. Tile following section calculates the parking requirements for Floral Park <br />Promenade based on the shared parking methodology approach. <br />SHARED PARKING ANALYSIS <br />Shared Parking Methodology <br />Accumulated experience in parking demand characteristics indicates that a mixing of <br />land uses results in an overall parking need that is less than the stun of the individual <br />peak requirements for each land use. Due to the existing and proposed mixed-use <br />characteristics of Floral Park Promenade, opportunities to share parking now occur <br />and can be expected to continue with full occupancy. The objective of this shared <br />parking analysis is to forecast the peak parking requirements for the project based on <br />the combined demand patterns of different tenancy types at the site. <br />Shared parking calculations recognize that different uses often experience individual <br />peak parking demands at different times of day, or days of the week. When uses <br />share common parking footprints, the total number of spaces needed to support the <br />collective whole is determined by adding parking profiles (by lint of day for <br />weekdays versus weekend days), rather than individual peak ratios as represented in <br />the City of Santa Ana Zoning Code. In that way, the shared parking approach starts <br />31 C-19