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10/26/2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2489 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING CITY CODE CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE VII, DIVISION 16 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City ("City") wishes to establish a commercial permit parking program in accordance with California Vehicle Code Section 22507, applicable in commercial and business districts within Redwood City and codified in City Code Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 16; and WHEREAS, over the last two years the City has received complaints and concerns from the business community about their ability to conduct business within the City. The businesses have expressed concerns about long-term parkers limiting the on -street parking for use by their patrons and their staff and related issues that arise from vehicles being left on the street for long periods of time. This long-term parking restricts the businesses' ability to conduct normal daily business operations; and WHEREAS, the City has the ability to install time restrictions on the roadways to limit the long-term parking and prevent the storage of vehicles on street per City code section 20.96. The time restrictions installed under this section would apply'to vehicles including the businesses and their employees. The business have expressed a need for their staff to park beyond the time restrictions provided by the above code section. WHEREAS, a Commercial Permit Program ("CPP") will establish a process for the City to provide parking permits to employees of businesses in these commercial areas, allowing them to park beyond the set time restrictions. This program will allow the City to create the vehicle turnover that the businesses are requesting, while having minimal impacts to the businesses and their employees. NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A new Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 16 of the City Code is hereby adopted to read as follows: DIVISION 16. - COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING Sec. 20.231. - DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this Division the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: DIRECTOR: The Community Development and Transportation Director. MOTOR VEHICLE: An automobile, truck, trailer, house car, motorcycle, or other motor -driven device for transportation, not in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds gross weight. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: For purposes of this Section, the term "commercial vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Vehicle Code Section 260. ATTY/ORD.526/CC PROPOSED ORD ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 20 —ARTICLE VII — DIVISION 16 (COMMERCIAL PERMIT PARKING) ORDINANCE NO. 2489 REV: 10-07-2020 VR MUFF NO. 703 Page 1 of 4