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Page 5 of 7 Below is a table that illustrates a couple of scenarios for the number of off-street parking spaces required based on these provisions compared to the existing number of spaces: Off-Street Parking Use Classifications Required Number of Stalls Parking Deficiency 10% office/90% warehouse 148 -39 stalls 20% office/80% warehouse 182 -74 stalls 30% office/70% warehouse 216 -108 stalls Multiple Occupancy Structure – 1:1 for each separate use 214 -113 stalls Parking Study During the month of March, the Applicant conducted a study of the parking usage at their Texas location. This location has 126 office and warehouse suites with a maximum tenant occupancy of 186 members. Saltbox has indicated that occupancy is monitored through the issuances of access passes. No further detail was provided on how the number of access passes is determined or how they are distributed amongst the business owners. Additionally, there are 12 Saltbox employees at this location that are not factored into those occupancy numbers. Their Texas site has a total of 85 parking spaces. Saltbox has provided a chart to show peak parking usage over a seven (7) day work week (Attachment E). The Applicant states that “at the peak parking periods only 22% of the parking spaces were utilized by small business tenants”. In comparison, the proposal for the Arden Hills location would be for 214 office and warehouse suites with an estimated maximum occupancy of 398 members and 15 Saltbox employees. They anticipate a peak parking demand of 91 spaces (i.e. 22% utilization) and feel this site would be sufficient to meet their needs given there are 108 existing parking spaces. Land Use Application Considerations Planning Staff has advised the Applicant that the warehouse suites as proposed would not be classified under traditional “warehouse” use in calculating the off-street parking requirements given that each of these suites is an individual business. The proposed land use complies with the office and warehouse uses as allowed in the GB District, but it is that ratio of what percentage of each use is occurring within the building. The warehouse suites are set up with a type of desk/workspace for the business owner. There is a high probability that a small business leasing a warehouse suite is performing business operations that fall under activity also related to “office” given the approach of the Saltbox concept.