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ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS PAVILION Shared Parking Study INTRODUCTION The Orange County Performing Arts Pavilion (OCP AP) is currently converting a 46,725 square foot office building at 801 North Main Street in the City of Santa Ana, into a 374-seat theater and 4,500 square foot restaurant, which will be open after 10:00 ANi, seven days a week. The site itself includes 49 parking spaces, 13 of which are shared use. An additional 53 are located immediately across Bush Street. The theater and restaurant use will rely on a shared use parking alTangement with two parking lots (i.e., 1055 North Main and 1055 N. Bush Street). This parking study examines those sites to ensure adequate parking is available. The City parking code requires one parking space for each three seats and one space per 28 square feet (sf) of assembly area for the theater use, one space per 100 sf of restaurant use and three spaces per 1,000 square feet for office use. Based on 374 seats, the City code parking requirement equals 125 spaces for the theater seating area and 86 for the lobby/assembly area. In addition to the theater (15,055 sf) there is also a restaurant (4,500 sf) and a small bar (100:t sf). Based on the City of Santa Ana parking code, the theater and restaurant requires a total of 266 parking spaces, assuming the offices are vacant after 6:00 PM. Assuming no more than 10 percent of the office would be in use after 6:00 PM, the maximum peak parking demand for the evening uses is estimated at 274 spaces (266 + 8). The total office space and storage available is 27,200 square feet. This creates a parking requirement of 87 parking spaces (22 for office, 20 for storage using warehouse rate of one space per tsf, and 45 for the restaurant) for the day use of the building (prior to 6:00 PM). However, the issue of code required parking is complicated somewhat by the multiple use of the building. During the nonnal workday (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) of the total 27,200 square feet of the building only 7,200 square feet will be utilized as office space and the remaining 20,000 square feet for storage, which support the theater's props and equipment. The theater will only be used in the evenings (i.e., after 6:00 PM) when the office is closed. The restaurant will be open both during the day, in conjunction with the offices, and in the evenings, in conjunction with the theater. Although the City code parking for a theater is one space for three seats, and this is a typical requirement, a sold-out pelformance with staff, actors and audience could exceed 108 spaces. A typical peak parking demand for a theater based on actual vehicle occupancy ranges from 2.25 to 2.75 persons Orange County Performing Arts Pavilion Sha,'td Parking Study Austin-Foust Associates, Inc. 924001 Rpt4.doc 318-9