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August 20, 2019 Page 8 Off-Street Parking Supply. According to the Zoning Ordinance, apartments must provide two off-street spaces per unit, one of which is enclosed. In this regard, a total of 928 off-street parking stalls must be provided on the site, of which 464 must be enclosed. The following is a summary of the off-street parking supply which proposed upon the subject site: Surface Stalls Garage Stalls Total Phase 1 129 233 362 Phase 2 211 240 451 340 473 813 Of the total 813 off-street parking stalls, 473 are to be enclosed. As a condition of Final PUD approval, a plan of the enclosed parking area should be submitted for City review. As indicated in the table, a total of 813 off-street parking stalls are proposed on the site which is 115 stalls less than that required by the Ordinance. In consideration of this parking supply deficit, the City would need to allow flexibility from the general ordinance requirement as part of the PUD approval. In this regard, there is reliable research from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in its “Parking Generation” manual as to the number of parking spaces required for suburban multiple family buildings with access to transit. There is extensive transit coverage in the Silver Lake Village area, and Metro Transit is currently working on enhancing its transit stop capacity along Silver Lake Road. For such developments, a parking requirement equal to one parking space per .9 bedrooms can predict actual parking demand. The total number of bedrooms in the 464 unit project is 602, based on the projected unit mix (described below). The proposed 813 parking spaces results in a ratio of 1.35 spaces per bedroom, which should be more than enough to serve the project. The ITE manual also projects parking demand by unit count, with a peak accumulation for projects of this type at about 1.4 spaces per unit. This would result in a demand of approximately 650 parking spaces. Dimensional Requirements. According to the Ordinance, off-street parking spaces must measure not less that 9 feet in width and 19 feet in depth. While all surface parking stalls are shown to appropriately measure 9 feet in width, stall depths of 18 feet are proposed. This dimension is generally considered functional, but will require attention from the management during winter season due to snow plowing and accumulation. If possible given site dimensions, 19 foot depth parking stalls would be a better design.