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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 95771 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 Resolution No. 9577 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Resolution 9473 to Implement Phase 2 of the Downtown Residential Preferential Parking District Pilot Program R E C I T A L S A. California Vehicle Code Section 22507 authorizes the establishment, by city council action, of permit parking programs in residential neighborhoods for residents and other categories of parkers. B. A comprised of Downtown residents and business interests has been meeting to discuss the implementation of Residential Preferential Parking Districts (RPP Districts). C. On December 15, 2015 the Council adopted Ordinance No. 5294, adding Chapter 10.50 to Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Palo Municipal Code. This Chapter establishes the citywide procedures for RPP Districts in the city. D. On December 1, 2014, the Council adopted Resolution No. 9473 implementing a Downtown Neighborhood preferential parking pilot program. The implementation anticipated a two phased pilot program. Permits issued for Phase 1 of this pilot program will expire on March 31, 2016. E. The Council desires to amend Resolution 9473 to update the process for implementing Phase 2 of the Downtown Neighborhood preferential parking program pilot. These modifications shall only apply to Phase 2 of the pilot. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES, as follows: SECTION 1. Findings. The criteria set forth in Section 10.50.030 for annexing the additional areas described in 3(A) of this Resolution as part of the Downtown Residential Preferential Permit Zone have been met as follows: (1) That nonresident vehicles do, or may, substantially interfere with the use of onstreet or alley parking spaces by neighborhood residents, in that based on observation there are few available parking spaces available midday, while the streets are relatively unoccupied at midnight thus demonstrating the parking intrusion is largely by nonresidents. (2) That the interference by the nonresident vehicles occurs at regular and frequent intervals, either daily or weekly, in that the parking intrusion is contained to the daytime hours during the regular workweek. DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 2 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 (3) That the nonresident vehicles parked in the area of the proposed district create traffic congestion, noise, or other disruption (including shortage of parking spaces for residents and their visitors) that disrupts neighborhood life, in that based on information from residents and other city departments the vehicle congestion is interfering with regular activities. (4) Other alternative parking strategies are not feasible or practical in that the City has implemented a series of alternative parking strategies in the past and concurrently and there is still a shortage of parking available SECTION 2. Duration and Trial Period. The following provisions shall apply to Phase 2 of the Trial Period for the Downtown RPP District: A. Resident Permits: Resident permits will be distributed pursuant to the criteria listed under Section 5.C of this Resolution. Phase 2 permits shall be in effect for one year commencing on April 1, 2016. Resident permits will be valid anywhere within the boundaries of the Downtown RPP District. B. Employee Permits: The City shall also issue permits to Employees pursuant to the criteria listed under Section 5.C of this Resolution. The first round of Phase 2 permits shall be in effect from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Subsequent Phase 2 Employee permits shall be in effect for one year. C. Duration: The second phase shall commence on April 1, 2016 and last for at least 12 months. The City will make permits for Phase 2 available prior to the initiation of Phase 2. D. Permanent Regulations: The RPP District shall remain in force until the City Council takes action to extend, modify, or rescind. The City Council shall consider whether to make the RPP District and its parking program permanent, modify the District and/or their parking regulations, or terminate them no later than December 31, 2016. SECTION 3. Phase 2 Downtown RPP Boundaries. A. Annexed Zones. The areas shown on Exhibit A are hereby annexed into the Downtown Residential Parking Zone. B. Eligibility Areas. The areas shown on Exhibit A are eligible for administrative annexation as provided in Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 10.50.085. C. Employee Parking Zones. No person shall park in the same employee parking zone within the Downtown RPP for more than two continuous hours without a valid permit. Reparking on the same day in the same zone by any person without a valid permit or otherwise exempt from Chapter 10.50 shall be prohibited. DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 3 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 SECTION 4. Hours and Days of Enforcement. In Phase 2, the parking regulations shall be in effect Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, except holidays as defined in Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.08.100. During the regulated days and hours of enforcement, no person shall park in the same onstreet parking space within the Downtown RPP for more than two continuous hours without a valid permit. In addition, no person shall park in the same employee parking zone within the Downtown RPP for more than two continuous hours without a valid permit. A vehicle lawfully displaying an Employee Parking Permit or a Resident Parking Permit shall be exempt from the twohour limit. Other vehicles exempt from the parking regulations are contained in Chapter 10.50. Outside of these enforcement hours, any motor vehicle may park in the Downtown RPP, subject to other applicable parking regulations. SECTION 5. Residential and Employee Parking Permits. A. Duration. Phase 2 Residential Permits shall be available on an annual basis only. Oneday visitor permits for residents will also be available during Phase 2. B. Purchase of Permits. Requirements and eligibility for purchase of permits for both residents and Employees shall be listed in the Administrative Regulations. C. Permit Sales Phase 2. 1. Resident Permits. a. Residential Permits. Each residential address may obtain up to four Resident permits at the costs listed in Section 6A. b. Daily Visitor Permits. Each residential address may purchase up to 50 Daily Visitor Parking Permits annually. tags, an online issuance system, or such other form as the city may decide. The permit shall clearly indicate the date through which it is valid. c. Annual Guest Permits: Each residential address may purchase up to two (2) annual guest permits, which are transferable within a household. The permit shall clearly indicate the date for which it is valid. 2. Annual Employee Permits. The City may issue Employee Parking Permits for use by employees working in the area as specified in Exhibit B. Employee Permits shall be subject to the following regulations: a. Commuting Only. Employee Parking Permits are for the exclusive use by employees working for businesses within DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 4 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 the proposed District boundaries while commuting to work. b. Employee Permit Cost. Employees may purchase permits at the costs listed in Section 6D. c. First Year Permit Cap. The City shall issue Employee permits on an iterative basis to ensure that the issuance of Employee Permits does not adversely affect parking conditions for residents and merchants in the District in accordance with Section 22507 (b) of the Vehicle Code. Notwithstanding the above, the City shall issue no more than 2,000 Employee Permits during the first year of Phase 2, which are to be allocated among the existing, annexed, and eligible Employee Parking Zones according to Council adopted administrative guidelines. Only streets participating in the RPP program may be allocated permits. d. Employee Permit Reduction Strategy. Following the first year of Phase 2, the City will begin decreasing annual employee permits by approximately 200 permits per year, based on parking occupancy analysis and mode split analysis. The reduction in permits will occur in the outermost zones of the Downtown RPP district initially, and affect inner zones in subsequent years. The Director shall be authorized to adopt administrative guidelines to implement this reduction in a goal of reducing the drivealone rate by 30% by 2030 through the efforts of the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association and the further goal of minimizing parking impacts to residential neighborhoods. e. Permit Priority for lower wage earners. The Director shall reserve approximately half of the annual employee permits in each zone for purchase by employees who qualify for reduced price permits based on hourly or annual income. The other half will be sold on a first come, first serve basis to all employees. DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 5 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 f. Employee Parking Zones. Employees may only park in the zone authorized by the employee permit. The zones are described and depicted in Exhibit B and Exhibit C. g. Daily and Five Daily and five available to employees only, and will not be available for sale to employers. Employees will be limited to purchase up to four (4) daily parking permits per month, or roughly one per week. Alternatively, employees may purchase one (1) fiveday scratcher per month, which allows them to park in the RPP district up to five (5) times in one calendar month. 1. Distribution of daily and scratcher permits. Daily and fiveday employee scratchers will be zonespecific and will be sold randomly. No daily or fiveday scratchers will be sold in Zones 9 and 10. Employees will not select a specific zone when purchasing a daily or five day permit, and will receive a zone specific daily or viveday permit selected at random at the time of mailing. SECTION 6. Cost of Parking Permits. During Phase 2 the cost of Parking Permits shall be: A. Resident Permit: First permit $0/year; second permit $50/year; third permit $50/year; fourth permit $50/year. No more than four parking permits will be sold per residential address. B. Annual Guest Permit A residential address may purchase up to two Annual Guest Permits at $50/year. Additional permits may be approved by the Director upon a showing of good cause. C. Visitor Daily Permit $5/each D. Employee Permits 1. Standard Permit $466/year 2. Reduced Rate for income qualifying employees $100/year 3. Reduced Rate for Addison Elementary School employees $100/year DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 6 160211 jb 0131499 Rev. February 11, 2016 SECTION 7. CEQA. This resolution is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the adoption and implementation of this resolution may have a significant effect on the environment and Section 15301 in that this proposed ordinance will have a minor impact on existing facilities. SECTION 8. Supersede. To the extent any of the provisions of this resolution are inconsistent with the Phase 2 regulations set forth in Resolution 9473, this resolution shall control. SECTION 9. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect immediately, except that Section 3(B) shall not go into effect until the corresponding implementing ordinance becomes effective. Enforcement shall commence, pursuant to Chapter 10.50 and the California Vehicle Code, when signage is posted. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: February 23, 2016 AYES: DUBOIS, FILSETH, KNISS, SCHMID, WOLBACH NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, SCHARFF ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: Senior Assistant City Attorney City Manager Director of Planning and Community Environment DocuSign Envelope ID: 6BDB2611-4168-4F6F-90B0-F43B17F6E1C2 University Ave Lytton Ave Everett Ave Hawthorne Ave Poe St Forest Ave Forest Ave Channing Ave Addison Ave Lincoln Ave Kingsley Ave Melville AveMelville Ave Kellogg AveKellogg Ave Churchill Ave Coleridge Ave Downtown RPP District SOFA DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT Downtown RPP District Proposed Eligibility Areas Proposed Annexed Streets (SGY7MKR)RZIPSTI-(&(&**&*&*)' Downtown RPP Parking Zones 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 2 3 (SGY7MKR)RZIPSTI-(&(&**&*&*)' Zone Boundaries Permit Allocation 1 Lytton Avenue between Alma Street and Webster Street (where RPP restrictions are in place) 300 blocks of: Alma Street, High Street, Emerson Street, Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Kipling Street, Cowper Street Everett Avenue between Alma Street and Webster Street 75 2 200 blocks of: Alma Street, High Street, Emerson Street, Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Kipling Street, Cowper Street Hawthorne Avenue between Alma Street and Webster Street 120 3 100 blocks of: Alma Street, High Street, Emerson Street, Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Kipling Street, Cowper Street Palo Alto Avenue between Alma Street and Webster Street Poe Street Ruthven Avenue Tasso Street 225 4 Palo Alto Avenue between Webster Street and Guinda Street 600 block of Hawthorne Avenue 600 and 700 blocks of Everett Avenue, Lytton Avenue, University Avenue 100 500 blocks of Webster Street, Byron Street, Middlefield Road, Fulton Street 190 5 600and700blocksofHamiltonAvenue 200 700 blocks of Forest Avenue and Homer Avenue 700 blocks of Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Cowper Street 600 700 blocks of Webster Street, Byron Street, Middlefield Road, Fulton Street 175 6 800 blocks of Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Kipling Street, Cowper Street, Webster Street, Middlefield Road Channing Avenue between Ramona Street and Guinda Street 100 7 900 blocks of Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Cowper Street, Webster Street, Middlefield Road Addison Avenue between High Street and Guinda Street 135 8 1000 and 1100 blocks of High Street, Emerson Street, Ramona Street, Bryant Street, Waverley Street, Cowper Street, Webster Street, Byron Street, Middlefield Road, Fulton Street Lincoln Avenue and Kingsley Avenue between Alma Street/Embarcadero Road and Guinda Street Embarcadero Road from Alma Street to Kingsley Avenue 365 9 1200 block of Bryant Street 1200 1300 blocks of Waverley Street 1200 1400 blocks of Cowper Street, Webster Street, Byron Street 1300 1400 blocks of Tasso Street 1200 1500 blocks of Middlefield Road 1200 1300 blocks of Fulton Street Melville Avenue between Embarcadero Road and Guinda Street Kellogg Avenue between Cowper Street and Middlefield Road Embarcadero Road between Kingsley Avenue and Middlefield Road 25 (245)* 10 Guinda Street between Palo Alto Avenue to Melville Avenue Palo Alto Avenue between Guinda Street and Hale Street 800 blocks of Lytton Avenue and Homer Avenue 800and900blocksofUniversityAvenue,HamiltonAvenue 800 1100 blocks of Forest Avenue Boyce Avenue between Guinda Street and Hale Street 1000 1100 blocks of Fife Avenue 800 900 blocks of Channing Avenue and Addison Avenue 800 1000 blocks of Lincoln Avenue 800 block of Melville Avenue 55 (370)* Total Permits 2000 *A portion of permits in this zone will be held in reserve and released as additional streets opt into the Downtown RPP district. 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