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i�� a. 1 II£3 189 b. 190 � �-. A community garden which is not organized by the City may be viewed as a quasi-public activity, although the church sponsor is a private organization. Area requirements: The proposal includes about 25 proposed gardening plots in roughly 9,000 square feet, which is a little larger than 5% of the overall property. 19 i Traffic generation: Assuming that everyone would drive the site, one could � 92 expect vehicles corresponding to all 25 plots to converge on the property at the 193 same time only on rare occasions. The rest of the growing season would likely see 194 each of those 25 vehicles at the site more sporadically, perhaps once or twice each 19s week, when the individual gardeners are able to make time to tend their respective 196 plots. � s� Parking requirements: Parking spaces would not be required to accommodate 198 such a low level of traffic. This is not unlike some City parks with playground ��9 equipment, picnic tables, walking trails, and other recreational space; all of these 20o features draw people to the park, but no parking spaces are required or provided. 20 ; Users of such a park either walk or park on the street, but the church has a parking 202 lot which could accommodate some of the people driving to the property. 203 Hours of operation: Aside from construction activities, home occupations, and 20� Shopping Center districts (with grocery stores and other "24-hour" uses), the City 205 Code does not re�ulate hours of business, institutional, or household activities. 20� Nevertheless, Planning Division staff would anticipate the gardening work to be 20� limited to the daylight hours during the growing season. 20� Number of employees: A community garden as proposed is not a commercial or 205 business venture so it would have no employees, although one could debate 2�o whether the gardeners (or volunteers in another quasi-public activity elsewhere) 2� � are to be considered "employees" in the analysis of whether a given quasi-public 2 � 2 use qualifies as moderate or low impact. 2� � Light or noise generated: Any lights that may be installed would be subject to 2�a pertinent City Code regulations. And aside from occasional rototiller use and the 2� F potential for children playing and gardeners conversing from their plots several 2�6 yards apart, a community garden should not be expected to generate excessive 2 �� levels of noise. 218 219 22C 22' 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 c. The participation guidelines for an existing 120-plot community garden at Oasis Park indicate that gardeners should park in the nearby parking lot. The paved parking area is about 60 feet wide by 150 feet deep; according to the standard requirements for parking areas, this would allow for 30 parking spaces. If this ratio of 1 parking space for every 4 plots is applied as a parking "requirement", the proposed community garden would need about 7 parking spaces. d. Although a nominal fee would be collected in connection with the garden plots, the fee would help to cover the costs of equipment, water use, and so on. The plot-reservation fees would not constitute a meaningful revenue stream for the church, nor is the produce intended for commercial or business purposes. For this reason, Planning Division staff does not anticipate any retailing, wholesaling, or warehousing activities connected to the proposed community garden. Appeal_RCA_052410 Page 5 of 7