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9.A. - Page 3 of 31 <br />ANALYSIS <br />Ordinance Amendments to Residential Permit Parking City Code Sections <br />There has been an increase in complaints about the difficulty of finding parking in residential <br />neighborhoods within Redwood City. This could be the result of many factors, including: <br />• Inadequate off-street parking supply for a given use (parking demand may have increased over <br />time); <br />• Residents using off-street parking spaces (e.g. garages) to store items or to house people; <br />• Residents owning more vehicles than can be parked in off-street spaces; <br />• Increased intensity of use (e.g. more people living in apartments, multiple families living in single <br />family homes); <br />• Reduced vacancy in properties without dedicated off-street parking; and <br />• Commercial vehicles associated with home-based businesses. <br />Although a residential permit parking area can reduce long-term parking impacts in a neighborhood, it <br />doesn't necessarily reduce the overall number of vehicles parking on -street. Because many of the <br />concerns raised recently (by residents) have to do with the number of vehicles owned by residents, <br />commuters parking in the neighborhoods, and more generally the overall amount of vehicles parked on <br />the City streets, City staff is suggesting changes to the Municipal Code for the RPP program. These changes <br />should address the current concerns of the neighborhoods and provide flexibility to adjust to changing <br />conditions: <br />The ordinance amendments allow the City Council to establish different permit limits and parking <br />restrictions for RPP areas by resolution. For example, the ordinance amendments will: <br />• Allow the City Council to set the days and hours when parking is restricted by resolution. <br />• Allow the City Council to set the number of permits issued per address by resolution. <br />• Allow the City Council to set the limits on the number of visitor permits issued per address and <br />the number of visitor permits issued at a time by resolution. <br />• Create a new type of visitor permit which is valid for 14 days. <br />• Consider a resolution to establish a permit fee that balances support for the program with the <br />impact on residents. <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />144 <br />