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MEMORANDUM
Date:
August 5, 2022
To:
Andy Limbird & Andrew Larson
City of Springfield Community Development Division
225 Fifth Street
Springfield, OR 97477
Cc:
Steve Schwartz & Beth Witt;
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Andrew Hunt & Sean 011et, PE;
4G Development and Consulting, Inc.
From:
Chris Brehmer, PE & Julia Kuhn, PE
Project:
Springfield Chick-fil-A#04987
Subject:
Parking Alternative Assessment Memo
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Chick-fil-A is proposing to redevelop the Guesthouse Inn & Suites located at 3358 Gateway Street. The
existing buildings on-site will be removed and replaced with a 4,987 square foot restaurant with a drive-
through and two retail pad buildings.
This memorandum provides a summary of parking demand anticipated with the proposed Chick-fil-A in
support of a request for an alternative parking standard to exceed the off-street parking maximum
standard in Springfield Development Code (SDC) Section 4.6.125. Based on Chick-fil-A's experiences, the
proposed restaurant parking supply is needed to serve the parking demand on-site. As such, this
memorandum provides technical documentation in support of the proposed alternative maximum for
the Chick-fil-A only per the requirements in SDC Section 4.6.110. The retail tenants are not known at this
time so the parking allowable by SDC 4.6.125 is being proposed for these pad buildings.
CITY PARKING SUPPLY MAXIMUM
SDC Table 4.6.2 establishes minimum off-street parking standards and SDC 4.6.125.0 states the maximum
off-street parking standard for any use that is not a residential use is 125 percent of the minimum off-
street parking standard. Per the table, the minimum parking requirement for eating and drinking
establishments is 1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area. For the proposed Chick-fil-A,
application of the 125 percent of the minimum off-street parking standard results in a maximum
allowable 62 parking spaces (i.e., 1 space per 100 square feet x 1.25 x 4,987 square feet).
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The Applicant seeks approval of additional parking for Chick-fil-A per SDC 4.6.130.N: Right Size Parking
Alternative—Maximum that states:
"The Approval Authority may authorize an alternative parking standard that is more than 125
percent of the minimum off-street parking standard in SDC 4.6.125. The alternative parking
standard must be the peak parking demand identified by a parking generation study conducted
according to the ITE Manual of Transportation Engineering Studies and prepared by a licensed
engineer."
ALTERNATIVE PARKING SUPPLY DETERMINATION
In support of the proposed parking adjustment, we evaluated Information contained in the Parking
Generation Manual, S1' Edition published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). This
reference document includes average and 8511 percentile parking rates based on the number of seats
and the building size for Fast -Food Restaurantswith Drive -Through Windows (Land Use Code 934). These
rates are provided for an average weekday, a Friday, and a Saturday. For both seats and building size, the
Friday and Saturday time periods reflect higher demands than a Monday —Thursday. Table 1 provides
the average and 85th percentile required parking calculations for the proposed Chick-fil-A based on
information contained in the Parking Generation Manual for Friday and Saturday
Table 1. Springfield Chick-fil-A Estimated Parking Demand per ITE Parking Generation Manual, St" Edition
For retail uses, the effective capacity for parking is typically defined by the 85th percentile conditions.
Based on the information shown in Table 1, the Parking Generation Manual, S`' Edition suggests that
provision of 83 parking spaces could be considered appropriate (actual parking demand may be higher').
NEXT STEPS
We trust this memorandum provides adequate documentation to support the proposed parking
alternative maximum. Please let us know if you need any additional information as part of your review.
' Per Parking Generation Manual, 5" Edition, 85" percentile demand represents "the point at which 85 percent of the
values fall at or below and 15 percent are above)" and "This number is not intended to recommend a policy about the
level of parking that should be supplied. It is provided solely as qualitative reference for the analyst"
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