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With regard to delivery, Mr. Coda indicated that Home Depot has its own trucks and distribution centers and can work with the adjacent neighbors to schedule deliveries outside the neighbors' sensitive times and using designated truck routes. Commissioner Fox stated that she looked at Home Depot's financial information and noted that its average revenue is $45 million per average store and up to $75 million for superstores. For the purpose of determining the traffic volume that could be expected for Home Depot, she inquired how many customer visits would generate that kind of revenue per week, what their average purchase would be, and what percentage just come in to browse and not buy anything. Mr. Coda replied that on a weekday, there would typically be 3,000 trips or 1,500 cazs during the off-peak hours, including pass-by trips. He noted that on weekends, they have as many as 3,000 customer visits or 6,000 trips, especially on Saturdays between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.. He indicated that the actual numbers would be available with the traffic study. He pointed out that, as earlier mentioned by staff, a traditional neighborhood grocery store would have a higher trip generation rate than a Home Depot store. In response to Commissioner Fox's inquiry regazding whether there were other Home Depot stores that aze so close to residential azeas in small cities with a population of 60,000 to 70,000 such as Pleasanton, Mr. Coda replied that their San Jose store backs up to a residential area, and a smaller store in Colorado Springs is also located close to a residential neighborhood. He stated that Pleasanton is fairly large, and the proposed store !~' has a good buffer in compazison to some of their other stores. Chairperson Arkin noted that the building fagade and some of the azchitecture are flat and have no detail; he would like the design of the storefronts to not look like a big box. He requested that some perspectives be included at the next Commission presentation. Mr. Coda clarified that the design has not been finaled and that they will be working on the finishes. He agreed to bring some side elevations to the hearing. Commissioner Blank indicated his support for Chairperson Arkin's comments on the azchitecture. Commissioner O'Connor noted that the parking for the center appears to be four vehicles per 1,000 squaze feet or one per 250 squaze feet and expressed concern about pazking for the rest of the complex. He indicated that if some of the high-intensity uses such as restaurants and fastfood facilities, which would have a higher parking ratio of five per 1,000 square feet, aze not limited, the pazking lot can be get full very quickly. Mr. Knoedler replied that they want to ensure that their customers aze able to park conveniently and would like to have sufficient pazking for the entire center. He added that they would work with staff to limit restaurants so customers would not have to go azound looking for pazking. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 24, 2006 Page 24 of 34