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6.H. - Page 9 of 11 Council. These time limits will help prevent vehicles from camping on the roads in these commercial areas, but will also make parking and loading operations more difficult for the businesses in these areas. As such, the businesses have recognized this difficulty and have expressed that they will need additional support from the City to effectively use the on -street parking for their business operations. The businesses have requested the establishment of a commercial permit parking program to allow them and their employees to park beyond the two-hour time limit. Many of the properties in commercial areas impacted by recreational vehicles and the new parking restrictions house well-established businesses and have limited on-site parking. The owners of these businesses and their employees rely on the on -street parking to provide access to patrons, allow staff to park within a safe reasonable distance, and during the pandemic operate contact reducing curbside operations. At the City Council's August 24, 2020 meeting, the Council introduced the ordinance to install two hour parking on several streets. Included in these streets was both sides of Hansen Way from Veterans Boulevard to Oddstad Drive. At their meeting on September 14, 2020, the ordinance had its second reading and was adopted. By accident, Hansen Way was omitted from the second reading ordinance. To correct this omission staff is requesting Council to provide the second reading to the corrected ordinance and adopt the two hour restrictions on the previous approved streets and Hansen Way. ANALYSIS While the new parking restrictions will help to limit the long-term parking by vehicles, local employers and their employees will also be subject to the two-hour time restrictions. The newly adopted time restrictions will help the Police Department conduct their periodic parking enforcement and create the turnover that the businesses need. The proposed ordinance will establish a new parking permit program for commercial areas. Much like Redwood City's Residential Permit Parking ordinance, the proposed Commercial Permit Parking ordinance would allow the creation of commercial permit parking areas in Redwood City through the adoption of a City Council resolution. Once a commercial permit parking area is established, the employers and employees in the area could apply for parking permits for their use. The permits exempt a vehicle from the area's adopted time restrictions. Permits will be good for one calendar year and would need to be renewed annually. The proposed ordinance will also allow the City Council to establish a fee for the permits to offset the costs of the permits and their issuance. The business community is generally accepting of a nominal permit fee. If the proposed ordinance is introduced and recommended for a second reading, staff will schedule the ordinance for a second reading and bring to Council the resolutions for the establishment of the commercial permit parking areas. Staff will also draft a resolution establishing a per permit fee for the Commercial Permit Parking program for City Council's approval. Page 2 of 4 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 168