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6.F. - Page 3 of 23 <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 use as residential <br />units; <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 households living in <br />single 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 the total number of vehicles parked on the City streets, <br />City staff is suggesting changes to the municipal code for the RPP program. These changes should address <br />the current concerns of the neighborhoods and provide flexibility to adjust to changing 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 />The proposed changes are based on discussions with residents and with six Neighborhood Associations <br />over the last two years, both in existing permit parking areas and in neighborhoods that have expressed <br />interest in the permit parking program. The recommended changes were taken to the Transportation <br />Advisory Committee in May. The Committee expressed strong support for the proposed changes. The <br />Committee unanimously voted to recommend to City Council the adoption of the proposed changes. The <br />proposed changes were also presented to the City Council Transportation/Mobility Sub -committee in <br />May. The Sub -committee provided comments and recommended moving forward with the proposed <br />changes <br />If the ordinance is adopted, staff will work with residents in each of the existing permit parking areas <br />before the end of the year to determine if the residents want to modify any of the existing policies for <br />their respective permit area. Such changes could include adjustments in times/days of enforcement, or <br />adding or removing streets included in a permit area. For each permit area that requests an adjustment <br />to their permit parking program, a resolution would be brought to the City Council for its approval. <br />Residential Permit Parking Program Policy and Procedure Document <br />Staff is providing the attached policy and procedures document to the City Council for their approval. The <br />draft of this document was first shared with Council in September 2016 and an updated version was <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />195 <br />