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his instructor/employee) and an additional parking space for the 14-passenger van that will be kept on-site. Per the Code, there are enough spaces to accommodate the children's program. The adult program contemplates 10 students. The Code requires one parking space for each two students aged 16 years and older. Accordingly, the Academy would need five parking spaces for ten students. Because two of the parking spaces are utilized by the Dodge Durango and the passenger van that remains on site, this leaves only three parking spaces for adult students. Staff notes that the additional instructor/employee is only on site for the children's program and therefore is not a part of the adult class parking requirements. Therefore, the appellant would need to reduce the number of adult students to six (one space for each two students) in order to meet the parking requirements set forth in the Pleasanton Municipal Code. Staff notes that, since the adjacent businesses are currently not operating during the proposed adult class times, from a practical perspective there will likely be no over-lap in parking, therefore, a sufficient amount of parking spaces for 10 adult students would be available during evening hours. During the school breaks, such as winter, summer, and occasional "day" holidays, the appellant would not be picking up the children. The parents would be responsible for dropping their children off at the martial arts facility when school is not session. The Commission commented that parking would be a concern during that time because it would increase the parking requirements during the day when the appellant does not pick up the children (see Attachment 5). This could have an impact on the surrounding tenant uses that operate during normal business hours since the parking situation would be different when multiple people are picking up and dropping off their children. Staff notes that there is on-street parking along Quarry Lane. However the parking counts for conditionally permitted uses is required to be on-site and, therefore, on-street parking cannot be counted towards meeting the parking requirements. Circulation Since the appellant will be picking up the students and bringing them back to the facility, circulation during drop-off time for the children's program should not be an issue. However, the proposed suite is located at the end of the building where there is only one way in and out for parking and ingress/egress. If all of the parking spaces are utilized in front of the building and a parent is picking up a child, or dropping a child off during the camp sessions, staff is concerned that circulation may be an issue. The appellant, however, feels that circulation is adequate because he says that parents pick-up and drop-off the children at staggered times and only stay long enough to drop-off/pick-up and sign the child in/out. Public Notice and Comment Notice of the City Council's public hearing on this item was sent to all property owners and tenants living within a 1,000-foot radius of the subject property. As of the drafting of this report, staff has received a letter from Gerald Hodnefield, neighboring tenant at Page 7 of 8