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EXISTING CONDITIONS
<br /> Parking Demands
<br /> There are more than 5,700 off-street parking spaces in surface
<br /> lots and garage structures in the downtown core area. The
<br /> highest demand for these parking spaces is experienced between ,X11
<br /> `o 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on a weekday, when most employees are Y� . � �r ,, 11,1,,t��,rlli�lP,a��,r;tgid�°`�t` t'i��,„'�" Vpl't'�� ,� �� ''
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<br /> at work. However, when the parking utilization was observed on a ., I'm . tive:1, lb,',.�'Z',Q, s, �H tnIA-A.W.lro°'AVc 1a, •tk'r� -'��' ao ''
<br /> weekday in 2005, less than 60 percent of the off-street parking „—'.--_1, '
<br /> spaces were occupied. Fees for off-street parking spaces in
<br /> downtown range from about $30 per month to nearly $100 per
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<br /> month. Fees for short-term and event parking are about $5 per -. ' � i7, ', r� l o ,y
<br /> dayor evening. 1
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<br /> There are also more than 1,800 parking spaces provided on wI 7 ,,),K G:Ei ;fy
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<br /> downtown streets. No fees are charged for parking on-street, but �' , Iji 'F4, ,r �,'h fo ,
<br /> there are time restrictions for most spaces during the weekdays. l'p��'�" ��"� i', '',,,i,
<br /> The highest demand for these on-street parking spaces is actually "" """
<br /> experienced on a weekday evening, when time restrictions have Figure 19. Off-street parking utilization.
<br /> expired and a major event is being held at the Everett Event
<br /> Center. While only about 70 percent of the on-street parking
<br /> spaces are occupied during the day, more than 90 percent of the
<br /> on-street parking spaces can be occupied in the evening of a
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<br /> major event. However, only about 40 percent of the off-street •\ --.-
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<br /> Taken together, there are more than 7,600 on-street and off-street rpt « J;°,
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<br /> less than 60 percent of all parking spaces are occupied. There t,ole �,,,�<<, �i,�Y� ;, I,I,
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