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• Planning Commission Case No.471-97: O'Neil Property March 28, 1997 Page 7 Institute, attendance in February is approximately 70 percent of the attendance in June and July, based on actual surveys of suburban cinemas containing over 900 seats. Data from Carmike theater in Nashville, TN shows attendance in February is 62 percent of tate attendance i ,Jtsi-me and July. A copy of the study is attached. The results are summarized below: Seats/ Peak Parking Demand #of Spaces %of Spaces St tf:;:'. Pkng Spaces Friday Saturday Used Used P caf: Nashville,TN 3,148 10:15 PM 248 583 (30%) .08 831 5:30 PM 292 539(35%) .09 Greensboro,NC 2,080 9:00 PM 327 201 (62%) J 528 4:00 PM 391 137(74%` Average for Friday Night: Using Total Seats/Total Spaces Used .11 Using Average of Spaces Per Seat: .12(*) • Average for Saturday Night: Using Total Seats/Total Spaces Used .13 Using Average of Spaces Per Seat: .14(*) Spaces Used Per Seat Parking Ratio Friday Saturday Scats/4 Scats/4am Seasonal Adjustment Using ULI Data (70%or 1.43 x Feb) .157-.172 .186-.200 6.37-5.0 Using Carmike Date(62%or 1.62 x Feb) .178-.194 .211-.227 5.62-4.4 (*) This average was inserted by staff; it is not in the Wells study. Using averages for the two theaters, the study shows that under the worst case scenario, the parking ratios required are less than the City's requirement of 4 seats per space. The Saturday peak requires 4.4 to 5.0 seats per space. If the proposed theater operates like the Greensboro theater, however, without the benefit of averaging the data from both theaters together, the worst case scenario using ULI data is 3.7 seats per space(.19 x 1.43 = .27; 1/.27=3.7 seats per space). • The Greensboro theater is parked at a 3.93 seats per space ratio. Staff regards the City's current ratio of 4.0 seats per space as a minimum. The applicant is proposing to provide 700 parking spaces, or a parking ratio of 3.78 seats per space. The ability to fit 700 parking spaces on the site will be checked at the development plan stage. The applicant is • opposed to reserving Parcel B for possible theater parking because they desire to develop this site for a restaurant in a later phase of this project, and they feel a 3.78 parking ratio is sufficient. The difference between a 3.7 parking ratio and 3.78 is 15 spaces. Because there are no good alternatives for overflow parking, staff would suggest that the applicant be required to provide a