31C - CUP - 2800 N MAIN STREET UNIT 3100

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Mr. Gregg Berwin June 9, 2014 Page 3 Exercise gyms, spas, health clubs, etc. — 1 space per 28 sf of floor area devoted to physical activity other than racquetball or handball (exclusive of locker rooms, shower facilities, utility rooms, and ancillary public areas); additional 2.5 spaces per racquetball and handball court These parking rates were applied to the proposed floor area of the Project and MPM to determine the Code required amount of off - street parking spaces. For the purposes of the Code calculation, the Project and MPM consists of the following components: • Retail — 946,884 sf • Restaurant — 55,060 sf' • Cinema — 1,700 seats (equivalent to 42,796 sf) • Bowling Alley — 38,618 sf, equivalent to: • Bowling — 20 lanes • Ancillary Entertainment Space- 21,240 sf` • Health Club — 42,207 sf o Physical Activity Space — 31,655 sf' The off- street parking rates were applied to these Project components in order to determine the off - street parking requirement. As detailed in Table 2, the Project is required by Code to provide a total of 7,075 parking spaces, including 4,734 spaces for the retail component, 551 spaces for the restaurant component, 567 spaces for the cinema, 92 spaces for the bowling alley and its ancillary uses, and 1,131 spaces for the health club. It should be noted that the Code parking requirements are not necessarily reflective of the parking demands experienced with a development as a whole. Code parking requirements represent the sum of the peak parking requirements for each individual land use and do not take into account the shared parking concept (i.e., the hourly and /or day of the week variations in parking demand generated by individual lane uses), nor for the synergy between uses commonly experienced in shopping centers like MPM. The Code analysis assumes that the demand for each land use peaks at the same time, which may lead to the provision of more parking than is needed at any given time (i.e., overestimation of required parking). Accordingly, a shared parking analysis was performed to determine the appropriate number of parking spaces needed to support the Project. a This represents 52,699 sf of enclosed restaurant (including fast food) with 2,361 sf of patio area. Consistent with the Code, this represents the total patio space of each restaurant where the patio is greater than 25% of the individual restaurant. Code Section 41 -1341 states: "... an open -air dining area no greater than 25% of the gross floor area of the restaurant or 1,000 sf, whichever is smaller, is exempt from a parking requirement." 4 Based on plans of similar facilities by the same operator, the ancillary entertainment space of the bowling alley is estimated to be 55% of the total floor area. 5 Based on plans of similar facilities by the same operator, the physical activity space of the health club is estimated to be 75% of the total floor area. 31 C -20