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11/18/2013 <br /> By including two eligibility requirements that eliminate the use af a sketch toal, projects cauld <br /> conceivably be in a gaad location but generate lots of traffic by praviding more parking than <br /> necessary. Vast seas of parking can degrade the walkability af a neighborhood and we think it is <br /> critical to include a parking"backstop"far commerciat projects opting ta not us� a sketch model to <br /> reach eligibility. <br /> The figure belQw is from the Mobility Study that infarmed the City af Ventura's Downtown Parking <br /> Management Pragram. Gathered by Nelson/Nygaard, this data illustrates observed peak parking <br /> demand for main-street mixed-use districts at less than 2.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet of <br /> development (equivalent to 1 space per 500 square feet}. It is impariant ta note that the observed <br /> demand is for cities that are economically successful. Despite the relatively high drive alone rates <br /> and lack of major transit networks this data shows that parking demand is still under 2 spaces per <br /> 1,OOp sq. ft. <br /> Simply capping the surface area parking at 15%of surface area for the "Transit Proximity and Low <br /> Parking" eligibility criteria is not enough particularly if structured parking is proposed, effectively <br /> leaving parking uncapped if nat provided as a surface lat. The effect af VMT reductian due ta <br /> reduced commercial parking provided is cited in the CAPCOA Quantifying GHG Mitigations Repart. <br /> Measure PDT-1 summarizes the effect of limiting the parking supply on reducing VMT and GHGs. <br /> �flQ„fin,� tr ' � Ifl �.l'l` fi_ .-" f.l' .�`� : �'" <br /> fl ' ! . . <br /> ti' ' -j " 1 <br /> . a <br /> F,1;. <br /> ,� ,f <br /> , �,..�� ��1 <br /> T.�� fI�' �I� <br /> �> �� 'i .�fl. ' fl. � li ,� �, . <br /> y.�,�, �a <br /> ''��� f; ~ — . . <br /> � <br /> ° , i i .i .. �,_ �... . <br /> . i� i. .i �. I� .1� riI.� .ff�." � . .I." � � ���."" . . .. <br /> . � . . . I. f�. .�.,f: �I" f� � . ` �l. f. .n,"►�",ri;`(� �;" ,ri _" . <br /> ' � I.'1 .I. .. fl .I�I � '� r�' Il� fr � .I."._. . ..Q _ �' �._. . ,�,�._ . <br /> f. � � a� Ifr�.. .._ .. . ..� <br /> , . 'I ' Il� .rin-_ . l. . .ry,lI lf� . J{'. -, I:�I 1�1." .1 fll .... �,fi <br /> ' fl� ,� � : fl. . i i ..i . il ., . t . . .fl,�l �� ..�i". - 1 _il i �. � i ..i <br /> ' fl,,� i i .. .. � ,i . . <br /> Recommendation: Madify the two eligibility criteria "Proximity ta Hauseholds" and `Transit <br /> Praximity and Law Parking"to include additional parking maximum af 2.5 parking spaces far <br /> every 1,000 square feet of cammercial use. <br /> 5 RESO.#15305 <br /> MUFF#603 <br />