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<br />· Neighborhood Communication: A large component of solving any neighborhood <br />problem is the process in which local problems are collectively identified and <br />potential solutions are discussed. Neighborhood parking issues are often more <br />complex than they appear, and single solutions do not work for entire <br />neighborhoods. Due to this complexity, staff recommends that a neighborhood <br />communication strategy specifically related to parking be well thought out, and <br />discussed with Council. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Residential Permit Parking <br />For decades, the City has had a Residential Permit Parking program. The program <br />issues permits, which allows neighborhood residents to park in their neighborhood <br />during daytime hours. Vehicles without permits are limited to 2-hour daytime parking. <br /> <br />The City recently approved a new RPP program in the Stambaugh-Heller program. This <br />was the first new program to be adopted in over 25 years. There are two other RPP <br />districts which were adopted in the 1980s. The RPP program has historically been <br />focused on preventing non-residential vehicle “intrusion” into residential neighborhoods. <br />For example, if you live near a school, or commercial district, a neighborhood may opt <br />into a RPP program to prevent school-bound vehicles or employee vehicles from <br />utilizing street parking in the residential neighborhood. <br /> <br />Recently, however, the primary type of RPP request has changed. Many requests now <br />aim to solve neighborhood parking issues that are not caused by non-residential <br />“intrusion.” Typically, residents have complained of a lack of street parking, which they <br />believe to be caused by one or more of the following factors: <br /> <br />· Overcrowding in homes, which leads to far more vehicles than onsite parking <br />spaces. It is important to note that no parking program can fully solve this issue, <br />as crowding issues are most often based on the cost of housing in the area. <br /> <br />· People buying oversized vehicles that do not fit in within older garages, and take <br />up a greater amount of street parking. <br /> <br />· People using their garages as storage, and parking all of their vehicles on the <br />street. <br /> <br />· Residents using their driveways to store non-operable vehicles, boats or RVs, <br />and pushing their regular vehicles onto the street. <br /> <br />· Residents owning multiple cars, exceeding the capacity of onsite parking. <br /> <br />· Vehicles associated with home-based businesses utilizing street parking. <br /> <br />9.A - Page 2