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TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM
To: Joshua Geppelt, Vice President of Programs, Denver Rescue Mission
From: Caleb Feaver, PE, Fox Tuttle Transportation Group
Date: October 23, 2023
Subject: Fort Collins Rescue Mission Parking Analysis
INTRODUCTION
The Fox Tuttle Transportation Group evaluated the future parking needs for the planned Fort
Collins Rescue Mission overnight shelter facility. The project site is located on vacant land north
of Hickory Street and west of Mason Street, in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado as shown in Figure
1. The project proposes to construct a homeless shelter and supporting office space with 35 on-
site (off-street) parking spaces. This parking analysis provides an evaluation, conclusions, and
recommendation for the amount of parking needed to accommodate the Fort Collins Rescue
Mission project.
City of Fort Collins
Parking
Requirements
The City of Fort Collins’
Land Use Code does not
list parking requirements
for land use similar to the
project. However, in
Section 3.2.2(K)(3), the
Land Use Code describes
the procedure for
determining a parking
ratio based on a Parking Figure 1. Project Location Map
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Impact Study or similar study. This analysis is intended to serve as the required Parking Impact
Study.
Project Data
The project team anticipates that the Fort Collins Rescue Mission will have up to 34 on-site
employees and up to 22 interns or volunteers. The employees, interns and volunteers will operate
on three (3) separate shifts, with some overlap between each shift. It is anticipated that the shift
overlap will experience the highest parking demand since there will be up to 49 employees,
interns, and volunteers on site. Given the nature of the project, it is believed to be unlikely that
project clientele will require on-site parking.
Denver Rescue Mission Data
Employee and parking data was provided by the project team for a Denver Rescue Mission site in
Denver, Colorado. The Denver location has a larger team of employees and volunteers than the
Fort Collins location is anticipated to have. Scaled for differences in services provided, the Denver
location has approximately 44 people on their support team. While the Denver site provides 55
off-street parking spaces, a point-in-time data collection showed that at the time of peak parking
demand, only 27 spaces were utilized. At this time, it was calculated that 0.61 spaces were needed
per every one (1) employee. If this rate were applied to the proposed Fort Collins Rescue Mission,
then there would be a parking demand of 30 spaces.
Proposed Parking Supply
The Fort Collins Rescue Mission project is proposing to provide 35 off-street parking spaces for
use at the shelter. This equates to approximately 0.80 parking spaces per employee, more than
the demand observed at the Denver location.
Conclusion
The Fort Collins Rescue Mission project is proposing to construct an overnight shelter site north
of Hickory Street and west of Mason Street in the City of Fort Collins. The project proposes to
provide 35 off-street parking spaces. It was calculated that the Fort Collins Rescue Mission would
have a parking demand of 30 spaces. This study concludes that the proposed parking plan will be
sufficient to meet peak parking demand at the Fort Collins Rescue Mission project site.
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Fox Tuttle staff hopes that the evaluations, conclusions, and recommendations provided in this
parking analysis are helpful for the Denver Rescue Mission project team in determining the
adequacy of the proposed parking supply and for the City of Fort Collins staff for review of the
project. We look forward to continuing our work with Denver Rescue Mission and the project
team.
Sincerely,
Caleb Feaver, PE
Senior Transportation Engineer
FOX TUTTLE TRANSPORTATION GROUP, LLC