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Page 5 of 7 In comparison, the volume of traffic on South Valley Trails is 150 to 200 vehicles/hour and provides many gaps in traffic to access the roadway. The signalized intersection then provides a controlled access to Hopyard Road. As described above, having project traffic enter/exit the project site from South Valley Trails would not cause any impacts from a traffic operations perspective. Emergency Access/Response Times Several public comments noted concerns about added project traffic and related congestion contributing to delayed response for emergency vehicles. Particular concerns were raised about the “horseshoe” configuration of the major access road through the Valley Trails neighborhood, and effects of the project on egress from the neighborhood in an emergency. The Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshal has confirmed that both the existing Valley Trails neighborhood, and the proposed project, have adequate means of egress in conformance with the Fire Code. All of the units in the proposed project would have fire sprinklers, also in conformance with the Fire Code. The Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal further confirmed that response times would not be adversely affected by LPFD apparatus access or egress to/from the Valley Trails neighborhood with or without the proposed project at 3200 Hopyard Road. The neighborhood is identified in the General Plan as meeting the required response times identified in General Plan Public Safety Element Policy 10. Parking Per PMC Section 18.88.030.A.(2), condominiums are required to have at least two parking spaces per unit. The project proposes two parking spaces for each townhome unit (a condominium) within a two-car garage.1 Per PMC 18.88.030.A.(3)(a), apartments with two bedrooms or less, a minimum of two spaces shall be required for each of the first four units; one and one-half spaces for each additional unit. The applicant has requested a State Density Bonus waiver to reduce the parking requirement. As such, the project proposed the one- bedroom apartment units (floor plan 5) provide one parking space per unit by a one-car garage. The PMC does not require that guest parking be provided for condominiums and apartment housing. However, the project proposes to provide six guest parking spaces. Note that pursuant to State Density Bonus law, the City may not require more than a prescribed number of parking spaces for density bonus projects – for studio and one bedroom units, no more than one space per unit may be required; for 2 and 3 bedroom units, no more than 1.5 spaces can be required per unit; and for 4 bedroom units, not more than 2.5 spaces per unit can be required. (The City’s parking ratio of 2 spaces per unit is less than this latter requirement, and is therefore the maximum that can be required even for the larger 4 bedroom units). While public parking is not permitted on Hopyard Road, public, on-street parking is available on South Valley Trails, west of the existing entrance to the Harvest Valley Church. Public parking is not assigned to any individual private use or residence. While there is the potential for guests of the project to seek to park on-street if spaces are not available within the project, they would be required to park within legal public spaces, where there is adequate lane width 1 At least one space of the off-street parking spaces is required to be located in a garage or carport per the PMC.