§ 10.44.050. Designation of a residential permit parking area.

A.

The Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall consider for designation as a residential permit parking area any proposed area for which a petition has been submitted which meets and satisfies the following requirements:

1.

The petition shall contain a description or a map showing the proposed residential permit parking area.

2.

Said description or map shall be followed in the petition by a statement describing the residential permit parking program and the current residential permit fees.

3.

The aforementioned statement shall be followed by a signature, printed name, address, and date of signing of the petition by residents 18 years or older representing at least 51 percent of the addresses within each proposed area. In addition, the petition sponsor must certify that a reasonable means of inquiry was undertaken to assure the validity of petition signatures. Receipt of a petition representing at least 51 percent of the addresses within a proposed area will initiate the residential permit parking review process. Subsequent counter petitions received from residents within a proposed area will be reviewed, but they will in no way invalidate the initial petition requesting establishment of residential permit parking or terminate the review process.

4.

The proposed residential permit parking areas should include at least six adjacent block fronts and at least 80 percent of the block fronts must be residentially zoned, and at a minimum, 75 percent of all on-street parking spaces within the proposed area must be occupied during any two one-hour periods between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Both sides of a street must be included in each area unless determined by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee to be impractical or undesirable.

5.

Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections A.3. and 4. of this section, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee may recommend establishment of a residential permit parking area in an area which is not in a R-10, R-20 or R-30 zone and where, in his or her judgment, a significant daytime parking problem exists and it is impossible or impractical to establish an area with six or more adjacent block faces or where because accessibility to large apartments or condominiums is restricted, it is impossible to access a sufficient number of addresses to obtain signatures representing 51 percent of the addresses. However, in no case shall an area be recommended to be established as a residential permit parking area when a petition containing signatures representing less than 30 percent of the addresses within the area has been submitted for review.

B.

Upon receipt by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee of a petition as described in Subsection A. of this section, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall:

1.

Undertake or cause to be undertaken such surveys or studies deemed necessary;

2.

Conduct a public hearing on the proposed residential permit parking area. Notice of the hearing shall be posted at least ten days prior to the hearing on all block fronts proposed to be included in the residential permit parking area. Notice of public hearing shall also be mailed to each address within the petitioned RPP area. Following the hearing, the director of Public Works or his or her designee may enact, amend or reject the proposed area in any manner, including, but not limited to, modification of boundaries of the proposed area and the restrictions imposed on such proposed area;

3.

Cause to be drafted a resolution which would establish a residential permit parking area based upon the aforementioned petition, public hearing, and studies, including any regulations and time restrictions determined by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee to be reasonable and necessary in such area.

C.

The City Council may approve, reject, or modify the resolution establishing a residential permit parking area. The City Council must approve the resolution in order to establish a residential permit parking area.

(Ord. No. 13202, § 1, 12-10-2013)