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Residential Permit Parking: Complete Street Advisory Committee Review <br /> <br />The Complete Streets Advisory Committee met twice to discuss and provide <br />recommendations for improvements to the Residential Parking Permit Program Policy. <br />Its initial recommendations have been incorporated into the attached draft policy <br />document. Some recommendations will require additional Municipal Code changes and <br />are listed below for discussion and guidance from the City Council. <br /> <br />In order to understand the proposed changes, the following is a list of key features <br />associated with our current program, which is specified in the Municipal Code: <br /> <br />· Permits may be issued to property owners or residents of a property within <br />an RPP area <br />· Up to three annual permits may be issued to a single address, but only <br />one permit is issued per vehicle <br />· Up to 10 (24-hour) guest permits may be issued per address per year <br />· City may charge for the permits (the City has never established a fee) <br />· Time limitations are set when the RPP area is established – typically 2-hours for <br />those without permit <br />· Parking restrictions are in place Monday – Friday, 7am – 6pm for vehicles <br />without a valid RPP permit (vehicles with permits may park without moving <br />for up to 72 hours). Overnight parking is not impacted by our current RPP <br />program. <br /> <br /> <br />Analysis: <br /> <br />Although a residential parking permit area can reduce long-term parking in a <br />neighborhood (by limiting total number of permits), the current policy doesn't <br />necessarily reduce the overall amount of on-street parking by residents. This is <br />because most residents are gone during the day when the restrictions are in place, <br />and the street parking crunch occurs in the evening. <br /> <br />Due to recent resident concerns related to the number of vehicles owned by residents, <br />and parked on the City streets, the Complete Streets Advisory Committee is <br />suggesting changes to the RPP program to reduce the number of vehicles parking on <br />street. The following table provides a list of policy changes for Council consideration. <br />The CSAC recognized that there are several different ways to address these issues <br />but felt the following recommendations were the most equitable to all residents of the <br />neighborhood. If adopted, the new policies would simply give more tools for a <br />neighborhood to consider. <br /> <br />9.A - Page 3