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YMCA, page 4 "parking Requirements Single Use Peak Hour Demand Net Floor Area (90% of G.F.A.) Parking Required Parking Provided Surplus 4 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 43,967 s.f. 176 176 0 e above calculation is based on the full build out (approximate total of 48,852 square feet gross floor area). Per Chapter 3.5 of the guidelines, the City is maintaining a shared parking analysis for the entire development. This analysis identifies peak parking demands at key times throughout the day. In the case of a health club, the peak period is identified as 5 PM on both weekdays. YMCA Single Use Peak Hour Demand Parking Peak (5 PM Weekdays) Parking Provided Surplus 4 spaces per 1,000 s.f. 176 176 0 The proposed use is clearly being provided enough parking within the parking lot layout that the applicant has proposed with this application. Entire Block Single Use Peak Hour Demand Parking Peak (5 PM Weekdays) Parking Provided (street & off - street) Surplus Varies 270 281 11 The shared parking spreadsheet is based on the Urban Land Institute's Shared Parking Standards and as is required by the Development and Design Guidelines. As always, staff will continue to review each project to maintain the parking standards within this block as well as the entire development. With a building of this size, the standards only require 5 bicycle parking spaces. Staff has included a condition requiring that the YMCA to provide a bicycle parking areas sufficient in size to accommodate at least 5 bicycles. Considering the recreational use of the building though, staff is encouraging the YMCA to provide capacity for closer to fifteen bicycles. Landscaping Requirements As previously mentioned in the Parking section of the report, the site plan indicates a total of 176 parking spaces for this phase of the development. This means that the 23 trees provided throughout the lot exceeds the requirement of 1 tree for every 10 parking spaces. The parking lot on the north side of the building abuts Village Drive and therefore must provide additional screening. The applicant is proposing to meet the requirements of the design standards with a hedgerow of trees spaces 30 feet on center, with additional shrubbery. Staff is concerned that the shrubs chosen will not effectively screen the cars from view or the intrusion of headlight beams across the street into the residential portion of the site. Therefore staff is recommending that the shrub type be revised to a salt - tolerant shrub that will provide a year round screen measuring a minimum of 2 feet high at time of planting and a minimum of 4 feet high at maturity. &Though the parking lot does not exceed the 300 space threshold to require a `connecting walkway' through the parking lot, a `connecting walkway' has always been indicated on the development plan for this site. The