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per vehicle (i.e., other than staff, very few patrons drive to a theater performance alone). Use of a worst case scenario of 2.0 persons per vehicle indicates a peak parking demand of 187 spaces. However, the City code calculation of 274 spaces remains the clitical issue. Therefore, it is concluded that for a sold out performance, shared parking for about 225 spaces (274 - 49) will be required. The next question is "Are there at least 87 spaces available before 5:00 PM and 225 unused spaces available after 6:00 PM, and if so, where are they and what guarantee is there they will be available long term?" An actual count of the available parking (after 5:00 PM) in the lots controlled by this property owner is 613 spaces - well in excess of the 225 required. Table 1 illustrates the availability of parking on-site and in the adjacent parking facilities controlled by this property owner. It reveals adequate unused parking is available after 5:00 PM to meet this building's shared use demand. During the daytime there could theoretically be a small parking deficit if the office is fully occupied during lunchtime when the restaurant is also fully occupied. However, there are 53 parking spaces located at 509 North Bush Street and the 202 East Ninth Street lot, which the owner controls and are available as shared use to satisfy any additional lunchtime parking demand. A field count of the lunch time vacancies in the controlled lots was conducted to determine if sufficient parking was available. The results, shown in Table I, reveal more than 485 spaces are available during the lunch hours. Caribou Industries, the owners of the OCPAP. theater, also owns a number of other office buildings within close proximity to this theater. Table 1 identifies two other existing parking facilities controlled by Caribou Industries directly across the street from the OCP AP theater that can provide shared parking. These parking facilities are all virtually empty after 5:00 PM as they support office uses in the area. As indicated in Table 1, there are a total of 793 parking spaces available, virtually all of which are unused after 6:00 PM, which can more than supply the 225 or so shared use spaces for the theater. CONCLUSION In summary, it is concluded that based on a "worst case" scenalio of a sold out performance that shared use parking of up to 225 spaces may be needed by the OCP AP theater as well as up to 87 spaces for the daytime restaurant and office use. These spaces can be supplied from Caribou Industries Orange County Performing Arts Pavilion Shared Parking Study 2 Austin-Foust Associates. Inc. 92400 I Rpt4.doc 318-10