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c. The report’s analysis of the single-access scenario indicates that a single access can accommodate all site traffic at a satisfactory level of service.

d. Notwithstanding the comments above, since site access and site layout are beyond the scope of the rezoning application, these issues may be addressed at the site plan approval stage.

2. Trip Distribution: The rationale for the trip distribution assumed (Table 3.3) is unclear.

1. The discussion in Section 3.2 suggests that peak hour site trips are mainly associated with employee arrivals and departures at shift change. Typically, the origin (for trips into the site) or departure (for trips from the site) for commuting trips is the employee’s home and would not change from the AM peak to the PM peak.

2. This issue is not significant enough to require the report to be resubmitted, but if the report is revised for other reasons, justification for the approach used – where the trip distribution for these trips varies between the AM peak and the PM peak – should be provided.

3. Trip Assignment: The report considers the volume of site trips making U-turns on Banwell Road to be negligible. As a basis for this assumption, it recommends prohibiting U-turns at the Banwell/Palmetto intersection and “assigning parking in the parking area served by the RIRO access to employees who will not have to make U-turns at Banwell Road intersections.”

1. The conceptual site plan provided (Figure 3.1) indicates that more than a third of the parking supply for the site will be accessible only by the right-in/right-out access at Driveway ‘B’, leaving the south parking area (61 spaces, including 8 accessible spaces) for the bulk of the 115 day shift employees, plus all visitor parking. Unless the site layout is modified from the site concept plan provided, it seems unlikely that the assisted living home will be able to place the restrictions on parking as recommended by the report.

2. It is unclear whether there would be any “employees who will not have to make U-turns at Banwell Road intersections,” since commuting trips are generally to and from the employee’s home (e.g. employees whose origin is from the north for arrival will generally have a destination to the north when they depart).

3. Since the issues noted above only apply for scenarios with a right-in/right-out access on Banwell Road, it is not necessary to revise the report to address this comment unless the applicant seeks approval for a right-in/right-out access on Banwell Road as part of their site plan application.