Planning Commission Agenda Packet 09092026

P26-0258, 2709 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 110 Planning Commission 7 of 9 Based on the proposed maximum staffing and student composition, iCode School would require six parking spaces, calculated as follows: • Five employees: 5 parking spaces • Two students in grade 10 or above: 1 parking space • Total required: 6 parking spaces Accordingly, the six parking spaces required by the PMC are less than the approximately nine spaces that would proportionately correspond to the tenant space based on Pacific Pearl's overall parking supply. More broadly, the required six spaces represent approximately one percent of the 569 parking spaces available throughout the shopping center. Although parking is shared and individual spaces are not formally allocated to tenants, these comparisons demonstrate that adequate parking capacity exists to accommodate the code-required parking demand associated with the tutoring facility. Staff also considered parking and circulation demand associated with student drop -off and pick-up, which is not specifically accounted for by the parking ratio in PMC Section 18.88.030(E). The applicant anticipates a maximum of 20 students arriving or depa rting at one time and proposes to stagger class schedules with approximately 15- to 30-minute intervals between sessions. Because most students are expected to be dropped off and picked up, parent and guardian vehicles would generally occupy parking spaces only temporarily rather than throughout the duration of a class. The applicant would also encourage carpooling. Together, these operational measures would distribute vehicle arrivals and departures and reduce the potential for short-term parking congestion during class transitions. The size and configuration of the Pacific Pearl Shopping Center further reduce the potential for parking conflicts. The center provides a substantial shared parking supply serving a mix of commercial, restaurant, office, service, and educational uses with differing hours and periods of peak parking demand. This allows available parking to be utilized by different tenants throughout the day rather than requiring each use to maintain a separate, dedicated parking supply. In addition, the PUD limits educational uses within Pacific Pearl to a cumulative maximum of 5,000 square feet, thereby limiting the overall concentration of educational uses and the associated potential for simultaneous student drop -off and pick-up activity. Based on the parking requirement established by PMC Section 18.88.030(E), iCode School would require six parking spaces. The shopping center contains 569 shared parking spaces, and approximately nine spaces would proportionately correspond to the subject t enant space based on the center-wide parking ratio. Staff therefore concludes that the proposed use complies with the applicable PMC parking requirement and that sufficient parking is available to accommodate the tutoring facility together with the existing uses within Pacific Pearl. With the proposed staggered class schedules and other operational measures, staff does not anticipate that student drop-off and pick-up activity would adversely affect parking availability or circulation within the shopping center. As an additional safeguard, the recommended conditions of approval would require the use to operate consistent with the approved enrollment, staffing, and class scheduling assumptions upon which the parking analysis is based. A condition would also authorize the Director of Community Development to refer the CUP back to the Planning Commission if parking or circulation problems attributable to the use arise in the future. The Planning Commission could