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Mr. Eric A. Nelson <br />September 16, 2013 <br />Page 5 <br />from the City's own code ratios and results in the "design level" parking supply needs <br />of a site. <br />It should be noted that the "demand" results of the shared parking calculation are <br />intended to be used directly for comparison to site supply. No further adjustments or <br />contingency additions are needed because such contingencies are already built into <br />the peak parking ratios and time of day profiles used in the calculation. <br />There is an important common element between the traditional "code" and the shared <br />parking calculation methodologies; the peak parking ratios or highpoint for each <br />land use's parking profile typically equals the "code" parking ratio for that use. The <br />analytical procedures for shared parking analyses are well documented in the Shared <br />Parking, 2" Edition publication by the Urban Land Institute (ULI). <br />Shared parking calculations for Floral Park Promenade utilize hourly parking <br />accumulations developed from field studies of single developments in Free-standing <br />settings, where travel by private auto is maximized. These characteristics permit the <br />means for calculating peak parking needs when land use types are combined. <br />Further, the shared parking approach illustrates how, at other than peak parking <br />demand times, an increasing surplus of spaces will service the overall needs of the <br />center. <br />Shared Parking Ratios and Profiles <br />The hourly parking demand profiles (expressed in percent of peak demand) utilized in <br />this analysis and applied to the Floral Park Promenade are based on profiles <br />developed by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and published in Shared Parking, 2"e <br />Edition. The ULI publication presents hourly parking demand profiles for six (6) <br />general land use categories: fast-food restaurant, family restaurant, medical/dental, <br />office, retail, and fitness center. For the child care facility and martial arts center <br />profiles are based on hours of operation and feedback from staff. The ULI profiles of <br />parking demand have been used directly, by land use type, in the analysis of this site <br />and are applied to the City's applicable parking ratio, with the exception of the fitness <br />club/health club. <br />For this study, an empirical ratio of 5.5 spaces per 1,000 SF was applied to proposed <br />health chub in order to account for the unique iripmaking and parking characteristics <br />of the health club that are not reflected in the City Code ratio. Actual field studies <br />that were previously conducted for 24 Hour Fitness, LA Fitness, and Spectrum Club <br />have resulted in empirical parking rates that are much lower than city code ratios for <br />health clubs. <br />31 C-20