09-19-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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Mr. Jim Anderst -7- September 9, 2005 POTENTIAL PARKING DEMAND INCREASE FOR TRANSIT PARK/RIDE We understand the City has an agreement with the Metropolitan Council, whereby up to 25 spaces in the western portion of the public parking lot may be usecl in a park/ride manner by transit customers. Recent surveys performed by Metro Transit have indicated that about 19 transit customers are parking in the lot on a typical weekday b�sis. Thus, for this parking analysis purpose, we have accounted for an increase of six parked vehicles for transit park/ride custoiners during the Friday noon peak. No increase in transit parking dem�nd would occur during the Saturday early afternoon peak or in the late Saturday evening peak. PARKING DEMAND INCREASE FOR EXPANSION OF NARROWS SALOON To project the increased parking demand associated with the proposed expansion of the Narrows Saloon, two approaches are available: a) Calculate the existing and future parking requirements through the procedures defined in the City Code. b) Estimate the future parking demand by multiplying the existing demand by the size increase represented by the saloon expansion plans. The project architect, Sylvia Frank, has calculated the existing and future City Code parking requirements, and the results are as follows: • Existing parking spaces required= 38 • Parking spaces required following completion of proposed expansion = 57 Thus, the Narrows Saloon would need just 19 additional parking spaces to satisfy City Code parking requirements. Though our parking survey did not distinguish users of the Narrows Saloon from users of other businesses in the area, our sub-area parking analysis provides a strong basis to establish conservatively high estimates regarding existing parking demand for the Narrows Saloon as follows: • For the Friday noon peak period, we have estimated the parking demand for the Narrows Saloon consists of a11 vehicles parked in sub-area A plus I/z the vehicles parked in sub-area B. On this basis, the estiinated existing parking demand for the Narrows Saloon is 34 vehicles. � For the Saturday early afternoon peak period, we would estitnate parking demand for the Narrows Saloon in the same manner as for the Friday noon period, namely all occupied spaces in sub-area A plus I/z the occupied spaces in sub-area B. The resultant estimated existing parking deinand for the Nai�ows Saloon during this period is 25 vehicles. • For the late Saturday evening peak period, we would apply the conservative assumption that all vehicles parked in sub-areas A and B represented users of the Narrows Saloon. Thus, the total estimated existing parking demand for the Narrows Saloon during this period is 60 vehicles.