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CUP No. 2025-10 – Footlab Orange County (400 W. Warner Avenue) April 28, 2025 Page 5 of 11 4 9 7 7 national standards used in transportation planning and parking studies for assumed vehicle occupancy or AVO (i.e., how many people are in a car on average) were compared to the proposed occupant load of 84 individuals for the outdoor assembly areas, as described above and as shown in the site occupancy plan in Exhibit 5. Specifically, the guidelines from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) were utilized. The national standard for AVO is 1.7 persons per car, based on the FHWA Annual Average Vehicle Occupancy for Cars, Buses, and Trucks. This AVO factor is derived from the National Household Travel Survey (NTHS) data. For sporting events/uses, the FHWA provides a range of AVOs, from 2.3 to 3.0 persons per vehicle. For Orange County sporting events/uses, an AVO of 2.6 is typical. These standards were reviewed and verified by the City’s Traffic Engineering Division. To be conservative, an assumption of an AVO of 2 persons per vehicle was used and determined that 42 additional parking spaces would be required for the ancillary outdoor activities. Therefore, the total parking required for the use is 108 parking spaces, including 66 parking spaces for the indoor operations and 42 spaces for the ancillary outdoor spaces. The project proposes 116 parking stalls, exceeding the required parking by eight spaces. To address potential traffic circulation concerns, conditions of approval would require the Applicant establish a parking management plan (“PMP”), to ensure parking areas remain useable and open for customers to use during peak operational hours. The PMP would be implemented during any high/peak demand periods, as necessary, and to ensure that the operations do not cause a nuisance, hindrance, and/or problem with either on-site and/or off-site parking and/or circulation. The PMP will be required to be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Building Agency (PBA) and the City’s Traffic Engineering Division. Most notably, the PMP would be required to establish a plan to implement the following measures: •Implement an on-site two-lane vehicular queuing area, within parking attendant(s) directing drivers, for capacity of up to twenty (20) vehicles, to eliminate on-street vehicular queuing/stacking on either Warner Avenue or Birch Street; •Create a designated drop-off zone with queuing capacity of approximately six (6) vehicles; •Place parking attendant(s) and adequate signage, as necessary, at nearby sites to prevent patrons of the facility, from unauthorized parking on off-site private lots; •Control vehicular access entering and exiting the site to ensure effective on-site vehicular circulation (i.e., preventing vehicular ingress from either Warner Avenue or Birch Street). As noted in the Applicant’s business narrative, the facility may host a variety of special events outside of the typical business operations that maximize the facility’s utilization. These events may include, but are not limited to, hosting professional or semi- professional team training sessions, tournaments, VIP meet-and-greet events, collaborations with sponsors, product launches and demos, and watch-parties for the