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6,4 -..6) program, staff determined that specific analysis of High Tech High's parking needs would be appropriate. The applicant's proposal for eighty parking places is a ratio of one stall per five students. Planning staff reviewed other cities' parking ordinances for guidance with respect to parking ratios for high schools and found a wide range of standards, including several cases similar to High Tech High's proposal. Staff also made note of the parking provisions for Summit Preparatory School, which is also a charter high school. Summit is located at 201 Marshall Street and currently has one hundred-seventy students, 13 staff, and additional volunteers. Summit has 37 parking spaces, and typically uses no more than about twenty of them on average. This is a ratio of one stall per 8.5 students, which is significantly less than the ratio of one stall per five students and reflects that few of their students drive. High Tech High proposes to provide two parking areas. The short-term parking let adjacent to the building has five stalls and is intended to help accommodate parents and other short term visitors. Seventy-five long-term parking spaces are available at grade, inside the building. These stalls are proposed to be used by staff (up to twenty) and students with parking passes. Students without parking passes would not be allowed to drive to school. Parking passes would be issued pursuant to the TOM program and would be prioritized for students that could form carpools with other students. Various Conditions of Approval in the Notice of Official Action relate to parking control. Alternatives 1. Deny the appeal, but amend the Conditions of Approval, for example, by requiring the retention of additional surface parking spaces in-lieu of the outdoor recreation area. 2. Uphold the appeal and thereby deny High Tech High Bayshore's application for a Use Permit. Fiscal Impact The subjects of the Use Permit review, specifically outside use of the site and parking standards, should not result in a fiscal impact. Generally, charter schools are public schools and as such are non-profit entities. They are exempt from property taxes, thus this property will be removed from the tax roll if it becomes a school site. Staff does not believe that the presence of the charter school at this location will impact property values in the VIcinity. Conclusion The Zoning Administrator approved High Tech High Bayshore's Use Permit based on findings specified in the Notice of Official Action (Attachment 1). Staff recommends that the City Council deny the appeal and uphold the Use Permit approval based on the following Findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval developed specifically for this application. 1. The establishment, maintenance, and operation of the proposed use will not, under the circumstances of this case, be detrimental to the public health, safety, peace, morals, -4-