09-19-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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j #05-3121 September 19,2005 Page 3 of 5 � Parking Study The applicaiit retained Benshoof & Associates, Inc. to conduct a parking study, in response to the recornrnenclation of the Planning Commission at the July meeting. Benshoof & Associates are transportation engineers and planners and provided a nine page study, attached to this report as Exhibit D. The parking study aided in addressing the following two key parking questions: 1) Is the existing number of parking spaces in the public parking lot sufficient to accommodate ihe increased demand associated with the proposed saloon expansion? 2) Will sufficient spaces remain available in the public parking lot to serve users of other properties that rely upon this parking lot? The study reviewed the existing available parking and notes that 129 spaces are available in the municipal lot with 30 additional spaces available on private property. More importantly, the study reviewed existing peak parking demand as well as firture parking demand during the same peak times. The peak times reviewed were the Friday noon period, Saturday noon period, and Saturday evening. In stimmary, the existing peak demands at these noted time periods are 65 vehicles during the Friday noon period, 59 vehicles during the Sahirday noon period, and 67 vehicles dl�ring the Saturday evening period. The fut�ire demand, taking into consideration the Caribou Coffee use and the proposed Narrows expansion as well as the other existing uses, was projected at 115 parking stalls during the Friday noon period, 93 stalls during the Saturday noon period, and 122 stalls during the Saturday evening period. This information is explained on pages 5-8 of the parking st�idy attached as Exhibit D. The conclusions of the study are found on page 9; indicating adequate parking will be available with the following additional conclusions: • There are 30 parking stalls available on private property that were not included in the study but remain available for users of the businesses, now and in the future, and • The peak parking demand for the Nanows will be Saturday evenings, when a very low parking demand is experienced for the other businesses. The City's traffic consultant reviewed t�iis parking study and provided a number of findings and COIICILIS1011S, which are attached to this report as Exhibit E. Of most importance, the study did not address the tecluucal required parking (or parking required by Section 78-1516 of the Zoning Ordinance), which is based on the square footages of particular uses. Rather, the study focused on peak times. Also lacking was the potential parking demand the other businesses might generate should they re-develop, and how that correlates to the parking demand needed by the Narrows. The Planning Coinmission should review both the study conducted by Benshoof & Associates as well as the findings and comments made by Shelly Joluison, the City's traffic consultlnt(Exhibits D & E), and determine whether adequate parking is provided.