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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 11, 2024 TG:1.24317.00
To: Jill Ding– City of Renton
From: Kassi Leingang, PE – Transpo Group
cc: Tom De Vocht – Gone Technologies, Inc.
Subject: Gone Store, LLC - 801 SW 16th St Change in Use Trip Generation Summary
The following memorandum summarizes the trip generation analysis completed for the proposed
Gone Store, LLC change in use project at 801 SW 16th Street in Renton. The project description
and trip generation analysis are provided below.
Project Description
The project site is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of SW 16th Street and
Raymond Ave SW, with an address of 801 SW 16th Street, Building B, Suite 126 (Parcel No.
3340405300), see Figure 1. The proposal would be a change of use from the existing warehouse
into Gone Stores, LLC, which repairs and sells used furniture, appliances and equipment. The
business operations for Gone Stores, LLC is free pick-up service for home and commercial office
furniture, appliances, exercise equipment, home electronics, or similar items, and then preparation
and repairing of these items for reuse and resold. There would be limited staffing with 5 or fewer
employees on-site at one time. The site is focused as an online platform and customer trips would
primarily be coordinated and scheduled for pick-up.
Figure 1: Site Vicinity
SITE
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As illustrated in Figure 1, the proposed project site is located within an existing industrial park. The
project space totals 12,152 square feet (sf) of the overall 437,083 sf of existing buildings located
on the parcel, which include a mix of warehouse and office uses.
Trip Generation
The trip generation for the proposed addition was estimated based on Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (11th Edition, 2021). Numerous land uses were reviewed
to determine the category that mostly closely represents the proposed use with consideration of
ITE’s land use descriptions as well as size of studies (i.e., range of sizes for the data). The
summary of the key land uses that were considered are shown in Table 1.
Based on the review summarized in Table 1, ITE’s Industrial Park (LU 130) is anticipated to be
representative of the proposed use. Based on the ITE average trip rate for Industrial Park, the
project’s space of 12,152 sf, a suite within the overall existing industrial park, would be estimated
to generate 40 weekday daily trips with 4 occurring during each the weekday AM and PM peak
hours. This estimate does not consider credit for the existing use. The existing use is warehouse
space. As Industrial Park is inclusive of warehouse space, Industrial Park is also an appropriate
land use to represent the existing use. Given that both the existing and proposed uses align with
ITE’s Industrial Park land use description, the proposed change in use results in no change in trips
to/from the project site. The detailed trip generation is included in Attachment A.
Table 1. ITE Land Use Review Relative to Proposed Project Description
Applicable? Land Use1
Wholesale Market2
(LU 860)
No –
• The proposal size is outside of land use data set sizes, which are larger facilities with the
average of ~115,000 sf. The additional uses on the project’s parcel are not consistent with
wholesale market and therefore cannot be considered for the size of project. Additionally,
there is limited data for this land use.
• Proposal is not a traditional retail facility nor does it have an area for shipping and receiving
like a wholesale market. As identified above, the site is focused as an online platform and
customer trips would primarily be coordinated and scheduled for pick-up.
Light Industrial (LU 110)
No – ITE’s land use description identifies for “free standing facility” and therefore not
consistent with the proposal. These facilities also typically focus on manufacturing whereas
this facility would be smaller repairs and refurbishing.
Business Park (LU 770)
No – ITE’s land use description notes that Business Park includes “offices, retail and
wholesale stores, restaurants, recreational areas and warehousing, manufacturing, light
industrial, or scientific research functions. Given the inclusion of mix of retails and restaurant
spaces, this is not applicable to the existing mix of uses nor does it align with the proposed
business model of Gone Stores, LLC as described above.
Industrial Park (LU 130)
Yes – ITE’s Land use description identifies for “several individual industrial or related facilities.
It is characterized by a mix of manufacturing, service, and warehouse facilities” and also
identifies the inclusion of small businesses. These elements align with the proposed use,
which is a small business acquiring large appliances, completes repairs, and resells as
identified in the project description above. This land use also aligns with the existing land
uses within the larger area of 437,083 sf of spaces at the project site.
Note: lu = land use, sf = square feet
1. Land use category based on ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition (2021).
2. Note that additional retail options were reviewed including land uses 857, 823, 869, 890, 814, 815. These had similar findings on
applicability with less applicable descriptions than Wholesale Market and were therefore not included in this summary.
Conclusions
As demonstrated above, the proposed change in use is not anticipated to result in a change in
estimated trip generation; therefore, no additional traffic analysis is required for the proposed
development per the City’s traffic impact analysis guidelines. Additionally, the project would be
required to pay transportation impact fees; however, with no new trips added during the PM peak
hour with the proposed change in use, the fee for the project would be $0.
Attachment A:
Trip Generation
Land Use Setting Size Units Model Equation Rate Inbound % Inbound Outbound Total
12,152 sf
Daily General Urban/Suburban Rate -3.37 50%20 20 40
AM Peak Hour General Urban/Suburban Rate -0.34 81%3 1 4
PM Peak Hour General Urban/Suburban Rate -0.34 22%1 3 4
Land Use Size Units Model Equation Rate Inbound % Inbound Outbound Total
12,152 sf
Daily General Urban/Suburban Rate -3.37 50%20 20 40
AM Peak Hour General Urban/Suburban Rate -0.34 81%3 1 4
PM Peak Hour General Urban/Suburban Rate -0.34 22%1 3 4
Daily 0 0 0
AM Peak Hour 0 0 0
PM Peak Hour 0 0 0
Gone Stores Trip Generation
Proposed Use
Existing Use
Net New Trips
Primary Trips
Industrial Park
Primary Trips
Industrial Park
Notes:
1. Trip rates based on Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (11th Edition) equation and average trip rates as shown above.