Philip Habib & Associates Engineers and Planners • 102 Madison Avenue • New York, NY 10001 • 212 929 5656 • 212 929 5605 (fax) TO: NYC Department of City Planning FROM: Philip Habib & Associates DATE: October 20, 2014 PROJECT: 180 Orchard Street (PHA #0931) RE: Supplementary Parking Technical Memorandum Introduction A Parking Technical Memorandum was prepared by Philip Habib & Associates (PHA) and submitted to the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) on November 29, 2013, as part of a draft application for a special permit pursuant to New York City Zoning Resolution (ZR) Section 13-451 for additional parking spaces for residential growth at 180 Orchard Street (attached as Appendix A). As part of its comments on the draft application, dated January 2, 2014, and in subsequent communications, DCP provided a set of revised Special Permit Application Guidelines and related data from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and asked the applicant to review this information and verify that the proposed number of off-street parking spaces would be reasonable and not excessive in relation to recent development trends in the vicinity of the development site. An analysis of the data provided by DCP and other data collected by PHA, performed in accordance with the updated DCP guidelines, supports the conclusion of the previously prepared parking study. During the 11-year study period, the study area experienced a net increase of 1,993housing units and a net decrease of 114 DCA and other parking spaces. Using the methodology set forth in the DCP Guidelines, it was determined that the number of available off- street parking spaces is not sufficient to meet the demand for parking resulting from the increase in residential units in the area, thus confirming the findings of the previous study. Methodology A residential parking change analysis and a residential unit change analysis were prepared in order to identify the residential growth parking ratio for the study area per the “Section 13-451 (Additional parking spaces for residential growth) Special Permit Application Guidelines, Version 2.9, modified 4/28/2014” (hereafter, “the Guidelines”). Study Area and Period Per the Guidelines, the study area was defined as a one-third mile radius of the boundary of the development site. This encompasses an area that extends as far north as the north side of East 6th Street, as far east as Pitt Street and Avenue C, as far south as the south side of Grand Street, and as far west as the west side of Elizabeth Street (Refer to Figure 1). The majority of the study area is located within Community District 3, including the development site. All identified residential developments and parking facilities in the study area are within Community District 3. The study period was defined as starting at a 11-year “look-back” (between 2003 and 2014) prior to the application filing and ending at the projected conditions during the anticipated completion year for the proposed garage, which is late 2015. Data Collection The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) provided data from the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) on capacity changes in licensed public parking facilities and data from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) on new residential developments in the study area since the start of the study period. Additional data collection conducted as part of the analysis included field visits by PHA, and reviews of certificates of occupancy (C of Os), building permit filings, CPC parking special permit reports, and previous environmental reviews when available. Residential Parking Change Analysis The Residential Parking Change Analysis indicates that during the study period the study area saw a decrease of 133 DCA-licensed off-street parking spaces, of which 89 spaces are estimated to have been residential parking spaces (per the Guidelines). This reflects both the elimination of 2 off-street public parking facilities, as well as the increase in capacity of one facility (refer to Table 1). Residential Unit Change Analysis According to the Guidelines, the target percentage (ratio) of parking spaces to residential units is the same as the as-of-right parking maximums in the Manhattan Core: 20 percent of units for Community Districts 1 through 6 (the development site is in Community District 3). As shown in Table 2, approximately 1,993net residential units were created in the study area during the study period. Applying this 20 percent target rate to the 1,993new residential units identifies a target number of 406 new residential parking spaces. Table 2 also indicates that 6 of the new 47 developments in the study area during the study period contain off-street parking facilities, for a total net increase of 44 off-street residential parking spaces. With 89 residential spaces removed due to the elimination of DCA-licensed facilities during the study period, the net change in residential off-street parking capacity is a shortfall of 45 parking spaces. -2- Figure 1 Study Area E 12 St FeeT 50 E 111S,0T 700 0 35 E 10 ST 0 E 9 ST ST M ARK'S PL E 8 ST E 7 ST 180 Orchard Street Public Parking GarageQ S T E 6 ST A S R V E E A V T P W E 5 A 4 ST T O ST 1 E O V Y C A A W 3 S F 2 T A E 5 T L ST S GRE AT JO E 5 ST R NES S E T Y C A R ° W E 4 S E T D B M O A ND ST E 3 O ST JON R ES AL C B V Y B A BLEECKER ST R V E A W T O E 1 E 2 ST S ST B T T T T S S E HOUSTON ST O Y H T M E HOUSTON S B T T S S E O B Y R A E Z C I N L 2 R 0 E 1 O CD T STANTON ST T 2000 CB BNDY STANTON ST A T T S PRINCE S S T E N G O T T D S I T N I R T K 3 S L T L 10 S C S A O T I GTON ST RIVINGTON ST CD T RIVIN F B T S T H I F T S M P Y U Y U E Y S S L N R T SP T RI R NG O R R ST S S O C E O E F I N T B T T L E T T S DELANCEY ST T L S A U S T S L K Y S M KENMAR E S X T A L R AP W WILLIAMSBURG BR E D O H WILLIAMSBURG BR AP S O F R C DELANCEY ST S L S A R E D H O BR U O C OME N ST L R BROOME ST O T E GRAND ST E J R A T C S K S H O T N Y S M S R T HES O TER ST T HESTER ST O N S F T E G s G O arie D J M M I d E E un A R F o T R N F B D S Y ) H E C L e D A Y R L c CS H ( T E CANAL ST A a t T W S p I T T c A D S N ri A O n T t N Y O e is R N p O D B S B O Nty R T R i R S S n A A U T u S O E m P P T T F m I o K d G C T E n E S M e R N Se it T O A g P S S S CD 103IS T N e I t Y D K c R A H L je N sS A E o E iu M T Pr H ad T ST T S R N A T ile IO N -M IS M B 3 IV R 1/ D A A R P K E T S T 180 Orchard Street Public Parking Garage Figure 2 Residential Change Parking Analysis (DCA Facilities) W E 3 Q S 1 1 T S S Y E T A Feet R 9 S S E W E T T 1 0 D G P M R A S A O 0 R 400 800 1,2T 00 E K O A ' T O V S R J A P O C L B ° N 2 E S E E 6 S 5 S T S T T J B O O N N E E D 7 S S S A T T L E 4 S T T V S B A L E E E 1 E C 8 K S T E R S T T T A E Y V Y T P1 A A R S F E !( A Y L W R O R T B E T S E B S 5 L T S H T U T T M O B E E E M V B 1 3 S S A A T T Z I E H 4 L O E U E S 2 T O S N T E S 5 T S T P R I N C E S S T T A N T O N !( S T P2 N3 E !( H O R U S C I V T S I N O P G N V R T O S I N T A N S G T S T S A N T T T O S N S T T H S K E T N Y Y M T A E R S E S R I V N S R I N T E R I G O T O O T F N S T S T T T B Y T A R S O R T O S M H S N T K E C O S N S L T T T E O K S 2 L N 0 F I L 0 L 0 L F E C A O B C U G B F N T D S D Y R I S T O R S D N T T R S W S A D E T O X L Y H A L N S E E C C D E S Y N T R S U T S T R I O L E O T P T E G R T E A N A D !( R S T T S N2 B R H H O E O D S T T M P3 E T E E L A R Y S N S S T !( C T S !( E N1 Y A S I R T S B O W F I L M L I A M U S L T T B L U S S R O P G H B C E E S N R T R A G P E O R E D S T I T K N R I O L D T C L S E Y Legend Z L P M A I C A A N B F N I N A O L !( E H S R ProjectT Site Residential Parking Facilities T A S S T K Y T C T A N S T !( I H I S I O N D I V 1/3-Mile Radius Parking Facilities with No ChDange S L B T (refer to table 1) E R U A W A Y O A D M P B R E A S T Open Space A R Y S T H E N S Table 1 ‐ Residential Parking Change Street Street Distance from DCA Parking % of Residental Total # of Residential DCA Total Parking % of Residential Total # Residential Net Change in DCA Cross Reference Association Map ID BBL CD Notes Number Name Project Site Spaces Lookback Spaces Lookback Spaces Lookback Spaces Current Spaces Current Spaces Current Resi Spaces Table 2 Map ID (# of spaces) P1 1004440000 103 42‐45 2 AVENUE 1,180.49 98 67% 66 000 ‐98 P2 1004260010 103 235 BOWERY 1,221.47 38 67% 25 000 ‐38 P3 1003470070 103 118 CLINTON STREET 1,665.46 45 67% 30 48 67% 32 3 Modification/Renewed License N1* 1006950065 103 44 SUFFOLK STREET 1,932.10 100 67% 67 100 67% 67 0 N2* 1006920030 103 135 DELANCEY STREET 1,195.00 294 67% 197 294 67% 197 0 Dataset says this garage is inactive; Field Survey on 1/14 confirms facility is still active.