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drop-off and pick-up times which occur at the same time: drop-offs between 7:30-9 a.m. and pick-ups between 4-6 p.m. Staff conducted several site visits during morning and evening times over the last several weeks to observe drop-off/pick-up activities at St. Clare's, and there appeared that the majority of the parking spaces were available during those times. Therefore, staff believes that the parking should be sufficient to accommodate the proposed use. However, should parking problems occur, staff has included a condition of approval (Condition No. 46) which allows the Director of Community Development to refer the use permit back to the Planning Commission for possible mitigation measures (Exhibit A). Possible mitigating conditions could include: reducing the number of children, modifying the arrival/departure times, etc. Parking during Holidays and Special Events/Celebrations The Chabad has agreed to share an activity calendar with St. Clare's so as to avoid scheduling two events at the same time. As such, the existing parking lot would provide parking for one event at a time. As proposed in the narrative, there would be up to 120 people attending Jewish holidays, religious events, community BBQs and picnics, and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Based on information in the application, approximately 30-40 percent of Chabad members and guests do not drive or use any type of transportation on the Jewish Sabbath, or on Jewish Holidays, or Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and would instead walk to the synagogue. The remaining 60 to 70 percent of members and guests may drive. People attending religious services often attend as a family or otherwise carpool to the congregation. Assuming 30 percent of the people would walk to the synagogue and assuming 25 percent of the remaining attendees would carpool, the 65-space parking lot would meet the parking demand of 63 vehicles2. Therefore, staff believes the 65 parking spaces should be adequate during religious events. Staff has also discussed parking demand during other times such as during non-Jewish holidays and events such as weddings where guests tend to drive to the function instead of walking to the function (Jewish weddings are generally not held on the Sabbath or on a holiday). Chabad indicated that, in the past they have been granted permission from Harvest Valley Christian Church to use their parking lot. While the Chabad's past requests were granted by Harvest Valley Christian Church, there is no guarantee that parking at Harvest Valley Christian Church would always be available to supplement parking needs. Therefore, staff has added a condition (Condition 21) requiring the Chabad to secure additional off-site parking prior to booking events with attendance that may exceed parking available at the project site. Further, as stipulated in the shared parking agreement, the Chabad and St. Clare's share a common scheduling calendar to avoid conflicts in using the shared parking lot. Staff has included a condition (Condition No. 18) to enforce the use of the shared calendar so that scheduling conflicts are avoided and allow staff to audit the shared calendar when needed and necessary. On occasion, depending on the two religious calendars, the Chabad and St. Clare's may have a religious holiday on the same day. In discussion with the Chabad, the Chabad has indicated that Jewish holidays are celebrated in the evening while most Christian holidays are celebrated during the day. And, the Jewish and Christian calendars are quite different, meaning that coinciding major religious holidays will be rare. A review of the 2018 calendar indicated only 'Assuming 30% of 120 people would walk, there would be 84 people arriving by vehicle to attend Jewish holidays (120x0.3=84). Assuming 25% of the 84 people (21 people)would carpool, there would be 63 vehicles driving to attend Jewish holidays (84x0.75)=63. P16-0288 and P16-1833; 3370 Hopyard Road Planning Commission Page 15 of 18