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■ i <br />MOS-3121 Nsrrowt Saloon EipaaaioB <br />October (, 2005 <br />Pace? <br />As a result of concerns about whether the municipal lot has capacity to serve the <br />increased Narrows parking demand. Planning Commission directed the applicant <br />to complete a parking analysis. Staff posed a variety of questions to be addressed, <br />listed in Exhibit F of the Sept. 16 PC memo. <br />Parking Study. The applicant retained Benshoof & Associates, Inc., <br />transportation engineers and planners, to conduct a parking study, which is <br />attached as Exhibit D of the Sept. 16 PC memo. The parking study aided in <br />addressing two key parking questions: <br />Is the existing number of parking spaces in the public parking lot <br />sufficient to accommodate the increased demand associated with the <br />proposed saloon expansion? <br />- Will sufficient spaces remain available in the public parking lot to serve <br />users of other properties that rely upon this parking lot? <br />The study reviewed the existing available parking and notes that 129 spaces are <br />available in the municipal lot with 30 additional spaces available on private <br />properties which abut the lot. More importantly, the study reviewed existing peak <br />parking demand as well as future parking demand during the same peak times. <br />The peak times reviewed were the Friday noon period, Saturday noon period, and <br />Satu^y evening. <br />The existing peak demands at these noted time periods are 65 vehicles during the <br />Friday noon period, 59 vehicles during the Saturday noon period, and 67 vehicles <br />during the Saturday evening period. <br />The future demand , taking into consideration the Caribou Coffee use and the <br />proposed Narrows expansion as well as the other existing uses, was projected at <br />>15 parking stalls during the Friday noon period, 93 stalls during the Saturday <br />noon period, and 122 stalls during the Saturday evening period. (See pages 5-8 of <br />the piling study). <br />The conclusions of the study are found on page 9, indicating adequate parking <br />will be available with the following additional conclusions; <br />• There are 30 parking stalls available on private property that were not <br />included in the study but remain available for users of the businesses, now <br />and in the future, and <br />• The peak parking demand for the Narrows will be Saturday evenings, <br />^Kdien a very low parking demand is experienced for the other businesses. <br />X.'?