HomeMy WebLinkAboutMS Residential Parking Permit Program• "Permit parking restrictions" means those on-street parking controls governing the use of the on-
street public parking by time of day, day of week, and/or season of the year.
• "Occupant" means the resident collectively representing the residence and residing at an address
in parking permit district where parking restrictions are proposed.
• "Qualified petition" means a City of San Rafael provided petition that represents 67% of the
occupants within a parking district. Each occupant gets one vote whether owner or renter
occupied.
• "Residence" means a legal single-family dwelling unit, second unit, efficiency unit,
condominium, or multifamily dwelling unit intended to be used for combined living, dining, and
sleeping purposes.
POLICY:
This policy establishes the framework for initiating a residential parking permit program. A residential
parking permit program is intended to regulate on-street parking on weekdays in parking permit districts
within the City (initially including but not limited to Montecito, Dominican, Gerstle Park, and Latham
Street) in order to make more on-street parking available for local occupants. Parking permit districts
will be defined and determined by the Public Works Department in conjunction with Community
Development. Occupants of each parking permit district would be able purchase parking permits that
will allow for on-street parking without time restriction within the district. This allowance would be in
effect Monday through Friday, 8:00A.M. to 6:00 P.M., except all City holidays. The program would
restrict on-street parking within a district to a two or four hour limit during peak times. A set number of
guest passes would be made available to occupants for a predetermined fee. To initiate the program, the
occupants within a parking district must distribute, collect, and submit a City created and approved
petition that represents at least 67% of the occupants of a potential parking permit district. The results
of the petition will be qualified by the City's Parking Services Manager. A high level of participation is
necessary to meet the City's requirement that the program be cost neutral throughout the life of the
program. As a result, a minimum of 1,500 residences, overall, must be included for the permit program
to initialize.
PROCEDURE:
Initiating a residential parking permit program will require the following steps:
• A request for a residential permit program must be submitted to the City's Traffic Coordinating
Committee. The Committee will record the receipt of the request in its minutes.
• After submitting a request to initiate a residential parking permit program, occupants within a
defined parking district must obtain a copy of the City created and approved petition from the
Traffic Coordinating Committee and collect signatures from occupants within their parking
permit district. The committee will also provide a map of the parking permit districts as defined
by Public Works in conjunction with Community Development.
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• Petitions for each parking permit district must be submitted and identify that 67% of the
occupants within the district support the program. Petitions for all districts must be submitted
before the City moves to the next phase of the program. All petitions from the different districts
must be distributed, collected, and tallied within a 12 month period or the results will be
considered void. The Parking Services Manager will qualify all results.
• The City will fund an initial parking study, and will review and update the residential parking
permit feasibility study to verify the revenue and cost projections.
• The initial parking study, conducted by Public Works and Parking Services, will consist ofa
parking su,rvey that will measure the on-street parking utilization on several key street segments
within each parking district. This parking survey must verify that over 75% of the available on-
street parking spaces within each district are occupied during the hours that the parking
restrictions would be enforced. The parking utilization surveys must verify this level of
utilization before moving to the next phase of the program.
• The costs of this parking study, as well as any costs associated with updating the feasibility
study, will be incorporated into the one-time capital fee charged to occupants.
• Once the parking utilization surveys are completed and verified that the 75% threshold is
satisfied, the City will refine the district boundaries and identify the hours of enforcement. The
Public Works Director will submit a formal resolution to the City Council for approval of the
program.
• The City's Public Works Department will initiate a schedule for conducting engineering studies
and purchasing signage. The Parking Services Manager will initiate a plan for hiring additional
staff and for purchasing equipment to conduct enforcement.
• Before any City expenditures are authorized, a majority (51 %) of occupants of all parking permit
districts must purchase permits from the Parking Services department. The initial permit
purchase by each occupant will include a one-time capital fee (only charged once per occupant)
to fully fund the start-up costs of the program.
• Permits will need to be reissued once per calendar year. Guest permits will be made available for
purchase.
APPROVED BY:
Nancy MackIe, City Manager Date
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