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April 29, 2019
Mr. Tim Padalino
Albemarle County
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: SP2018-00011 Regents School Parking Study
Tim,
Thank you for your comments dated August 31, 2018 regarding the above referenced special use permit request. This
letter specifically addresses comments raised about Regents School's parking needs and provides information about the
anticipated parking provided on site.
The table below outlines current and future student enrollment and staff employment numbers. Using these numbers, the
estimated parking demand can be determined.
Estimated Student Enrollment and Employees in the Years 2028 and 2038
Year
2018
2028
2038
Students
Full Time Employee
160
22
230
32
460
64
Part Time Employee
6
9
18
Trips
25
37
73
The illustrative plan shows 84 parking spaces. This parking area will sufficiently accommodate present and future parking
demands for general daily operations through 2028. In 2038, 84 spaces would accommodate staff needs but there would
not be sufficient parking spaces for students who may wish to drive to school or for school visitors during the school day.
Trinity Church, located on a neighboring parcel, has agreed to allow Regents School to utilize their parking lot on days
where there is heightened parking demand such as on graduation days and other major school events such as
grandparents' day.
Using the data provided, Regents School has a 5.6:1 student to employee ratio. If the school desires to keep 15% of its
parking spaces available for visitors throughout the day, which would be 13 spaces, the school parking lot as proposed in
the illustrative design would reach capacity at student enrollment of 398 students and 71 employees. It should be noted
that a percentage of the employees are part time and so parking spaces dedicated for these employees may only be
occupied for a portion of the day. Furthermore, part time employees may be on alternating shifts and two employees could
possibly utilize the same parking space in a single day.
Site design would also incorporate a student pick-up/drop-off que that could serve as additional parking for school visitors
throughout the day outside of pick-up/drop-off times and granted fire access to the site was not compromised by parked
vehicles in the pick-up/drop-off que.
This parking analysis has been exclusive of student driver parking needs because student parking can be highly regulated
by the school. The school would likely dedicate parking to student parking needs based on parking availability and
enrollment numbers.
As aforementioned, Trinity Church has agreed to allow Regents School to utilize their parking lot for major school events.
If daily school operations begin to compromise the adequate capacity of the parking lot as school enrollment numbers
approach 400 students, the school may work to renegotiate the terms of their shared parking agreement with Trinity
Episcopal Church in order to ensure adequate parking is available.
The enrollment and employment data provided is for the next 20 years, at that point in the future the County's multi -
modal transportation path network may be more interconnected and possibly provide alternative access to the site that
would allow students and staff to safely access the site on bike or foot, thereby reducing the demand for on -site parking to
accommodate cars that would be parked at the school throughout the school day.