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Commissioner Peazce indicated she was very concerned about parking on Stoneridge Drive because of safety concerns that she supports the off-site pazking and believes that it mitigates the pazking issue; hence, there is no need to have the Stoneridge Drive pazking. Acting Chairperson Fox stated that one of the issues regarding parking on Stoneridge Drive is only around 6:30 p.m. on Sundays when it will be dazk during the fall and winter and part of spring and people aze exiting their cazs on Stoneridge Drive because it is restricted pazking at night. People will be driving by and be surprised that there are people pazking along Stoneridge Drive and exiting their vehicles. She indicated that is a tremendous safety hazard. Commissioner Peazce indicated that there is a safety concern for bicyclists and that it is a busy street and she wants to encourage people to ride their bikes. She felt that the off-site parking will eliminate the need for pazking on Stoneridge Drive. Commissioner O'Connor noted that the 28 pazking spaces on Stoneridge Drive were included in the count of required pazking since the 95 parking spaces across the street on Rheem Drive would not be adequate. Commissioner Olson asked staff if pazking on Stoneridge Drive is not allowed at this time. Ms. Decker replied that pazking is not currently allowed on Stoneridge Drive. She added that staff investigated the opportunity to put pazking on Stoneridge Drive to mitigate the impacts of the evening service. She noted that Condition No. 8 required that a sign be posted limiting pazking from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. as the pazking analysis identified the 6:30 p.m. service as the greatest impact. The on-site and off-site parking would serve the needs at other times. In response to Commissioner Peazce's inquiry if the 95 on-site and off-site pazking spaces would adequately serve the Church's parking needs such that parking on Stoneridge Drive would not be necessazy and could be eliminated, Commissioner O'Connor noted that he believed that the Church was 135 spaces short. Acting Chairperson Fox indicated that instead of endangering parishioners by having them exit vehicles on Stoneridge Drive, the safety of the neighborhood and the parishioners should be looked at and the fact that this would be at night. She preferred that there be a gravel parking lot used in the property next to the existing Church rather than on-street pazking. She noted that Gatewood Apartments is across from the Church with an undeveloped median so that there aze currently issues regazding people crossing the street to go to Nielsen Pazk directly rather than using the crosswalk at the corner of Kamp Drive and Stoneridge Drive. She believed to ensure the safety of parishioners, that there should be a gravel overflow pazking lot if there is a pazking shortage. She could see that at night there would be a potentially huge hazard. She also noted that the adjacent roadway on Stoneridge Drive is signed for 35 miles per hour and coming from Santa Rita Road, travelers aze generally exceeding that speed limit. She noted that Jeff Knowles tried to raise the speed limits along that roadway to almost 45 miles per hour because he indicated travelers along that stretch of road were traveling approximately at that speed. Ms. Decker stated that the existing parking spaces are adequate for the current Church functions and is in excess of the pazking spaces required by the Code's actual PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES November 29, 2006 Page 21 of 28