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to park in non-designated parking areas on site (which could impede fire truck and other emergency vehicles), staff had requested that the church construct more on-site parking spaces at the eastern side of the church site. Since the additional parking is only needed once a week during the 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday services, staff informed the church that it would support a gravel parking lot rather than a paved one in order to save the church money. The church informed staff that it does not wish to construct additional parking at the eastern side of the church site at this time. Instead, the church negotiated with the property owners of2174- 2186 Rheem Drive to use their 95-space parking lot on Sundays (see letter from church, Attachment #1). The applicants indicated that they have obtained a verbal parking agreement from the property owner and that they should have the written parking agreement in time for the Planning Commission hearing. Staff believes that church use of the adjacent 2174-2186 Rheem Drive parking lot is a feasible solution to provide extra parking for the church. Staff notes that the church's use of the parking lot would not conflict with the tenants' use of the parking lot since the businesses are closed on Sunday evenings. However, staff notes that there is no guarantee that the church could use this off-site parking lot indefinitely. Therefore, staff has included a condition which requires that should the parking agreement with the 2174-2186 Rheem Drive property owner ever be terminated, the church must find another suitable off-site parking area, subject to the review and approval of the Planning Director, or construct an on-site gravel parking lot on the east side oftheir site. Additionally, the church requested that on-street parking be allowed along its Stoneridge Drive frontage during its 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday services. There is currently a 12-foot wide bike lane along the south side of Stone ridge Drive that could be converted to a four-foot wide bike lane and an eight-foot wide parking lane which staff estimates could accommodate 28 parallel parked vehicles. Staff believes that it would be acceptable to allow parking along Stoneridge Drive during the church's busiest afternoon/evening services in order to avoid parishioners parking in the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses. A condition of approval requires that the church install the necessary parking signage and striping along the Stoneridge Drive frontage. Staff notes that approximately 10 vehicles could park along the church's Rheem Drive frontage, where on-street parking is currently allowed. In total, 439 on- and off-site parking spaces would be available for the church on Sundays, meeting the maximum parking demand of 413 spaces that was observed during the church's parking surveys. Staff has included a condition which requires that the church regularly inform its members to utilize the overflow parking at the 2174-2186 Rheem Drive property and along the church's Stoneridge and Rheem Drive frontages rather than use on-street parking in front of the residences or the other light industrial/office developments along Rheem Drive. A condition also requires that the church place a few temporary A-frame signs along the Rheem Drive separated sidewalk planter south of the church site during its Sunday services which state something similar to: "St. Elizabeth Seton Church members, please don't park in front of PDR-561/PV-158 Planning Commission Page 17