Commission questions county trip-generation figures; staff explains ITE square-footage method

Commissioners pressed staff on a Multnomah County memorandum in the packet that used ITE trip-generation rates tied to building square footage and produced a modeling figure described as 323 occupants. The Chair and other commissioners noted the applicant proposes seating for 200, which the applicant says is the intended maximum seating count for parking requirements. "The 323 is a trip generation number," the Chair clarified in deliberation, emphasizing county methodology is modeling-focused and not the same as the building-code occupancy determined at permit review.