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REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />February 12, 2018 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Adoption of Municipal Code Changes Related to 72 hour Parking Rule and Parking <br />Commercial Vehicles on City Streets <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Waive Second Reading and Adopt an Ordinance Deleting and Amending Sections of <br />the Redwood City Municipal Code Related to Parking of Vehicles on City Streets <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Over the past several years, the number of neighborhood parking concerns reported to <br />the City has increased. Based on these concerns, in 2016, City Council directed staff to <br />work with the Complete Streets Advisory Committee (CSAC) to develop neighborhood <br />parking solutions. In addition, the City Manager tasked an internal working group with <br />identifying the underlying issues causing parking problems, and proposing policy <br />options for the Council to consider. This internal working group included City Attorney’s <br />Office, City Manager’s Office, Community Development (Transportation, Planning and <br />Code Enforcement), Police and Public Works Services staff. <br />On December 18, 2017 the City Council consider several Municipal Code changes <br />based on the recommendation of the CSAC and internal working group. The Municipal <br />Code changes generally modernized and updated Municipal Code language in order to <br />aid in enforcement and make the code understandable to the general public. <br />Specifically, the code changes relate to the “72-hour parking rule” and parking of over- <br />sized commercial vehicles on City streets. After careful consideration, the Council <br />introduced the ordinance for adoption on December 18, 2017. <br />ANALYSIS <br />A full analysis of the attached ordinance, including ordinance details (definitions, etc.), <br />can be found in the attached December 18, 2017 staff report and the attached <br />ordinance. Although the City Council did waive the first reading and introduce the <br />ordinance as recommended by staff, the Council also requested that staff determine <br />whether there would be any conflicts with San Mateo County parking regulations. Many <br />unincorporated neighborhoods are adjacent to Redwood City neighborhoods and would <br />continue to be regulated by County rules. The Police Department did research the San <br />6.4.A. - Page 1