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META Housing - Santa Ann Arts Collective Parking Analysis April 20, 2016 Page 2 Application for Parking Variance to Code The Meta Housing - Santa Ana Arts Collective Project is classified as an adaptive re -use type. The previous use of the building was an office building. The existing parking for this office building was provided on an at- grade parking lot with a parking capacity of approximately of 27 spaces and a one -level subterranean parking garage with a parking capacity of approximately 118 spaces, fora total of approximately 145 parking spaces. The existing parking layout in the subterranean parking garage does not conform to code as it relates to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Building Code (CBC) Title 24 for accessible parking requirements. As provided, there are no accessible parking spaces. As currently designed and proposed, this project has a parking requirement based on the City of Santa Ana Adaptive Re -use Code of 165 spaces. As previously mentioned, the parking provided in the proposed subterranean parking garage is 112 spaces, plus one (1) parking space (van accessible) at the Grade Level for a total provided parking capacity of 113 spaces. This results in a deficit of 52 spaces (165 required — 113 provided = 52 deficit), Therefore, a variance for the parking component of this proposed project will be required to meet the City's parking requirements. Some of the factors for consideration in supporting a variance to the Santa Ana Adaptive Re -use Code: The proposed Meta Housing —Santa Ana Arts Collective Project is an adaptive re -use project. META Housing's historical data on parking provided at other facilities indicates that the Santa Ana Arts Collective project will be parked at approximately 28% (1.95 — 1.53 = .45/1.53 = 27.5 %) over the parking ratio per residential unit average of what is found at other Meta Housing Family Developments (see Table A below). Consideration to proximity to mass transit stops and mass transit usage. The Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) operates several transit lines adjacent to the community along N. Main Street and W. Seventeenth Street. These transit lines are the 60, 83, 53, and 757 lines with multiple transit stops within one block of the building. These transit lines provide easy access to many parts of the City, as well as the ARTIC Transit Center in Anaheim which is a hub for OCTA and Amtrak. The 31 D -26