The preferential parking requirements established in this Chapter are intended to regulate and manage traffic and parking circulation by limiting on-street parking availability on designated streets in a manner that facilitates the ability of employees of businesses and tenants of commercial property owners with preferential parking permits to find on-street parking for their vehicles in close proximity to their place of work, and promotes sufficient parking availability in a particular area when and where needed.
(Added by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
Subject to the eligibility requirements established in Section 3.10.020 and any administrative regulations established thereto, a business or commercial property owner with legal nonconforming on-site parking located within a one thousand five hundred foot radius of one of the blocks specified in this Section may be issued preferential parking permits by the City.
Block
Total # of permits
10th St. between Pico and Michigan
8
10th St. between Pico and Bay
2
11th St. between Pico and Bay
2
11th St. between Bay and Grant
2
1000 Bay Street between 10th and 11th
3
1100 Bay Street between 11th and Euclid
3
TOTAL
20
(Added by Ord. 2178CCS § 1, adopted 3/14/06; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
After the receipt of a complete application, the City may issue preferential parking permits to a qualified business or commercial property owner located in a preferential parking zone subject to findings by the City of: the availability of spaces; the City's approval of a worksite trip reduction plan pursuant to Chapter 9.53 of this Code; the business' or commercial property owner's agreement to share its off-street parking with other businesses or commercial property owners in the area to the extent feasible consistent with local law; and payment of the permit fee. No business or commercial property owner shall be eligible to possess more than five permits at any time. A lottery system may be implemented to allocate preferential parking permits to ensure that all qualifying businesses and commercial property owners have a fair opportunity to obtain a permit. Permit holders who violate this Chapter or any administrative regulations may have their permit revoked and may be excluded from obtaining future permits.
(Added by Ord. No. 2178CCS § 1, adopted 3/14/06; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
Preferential parking permits shall allow the permit holder to park one car associated with that permit on the specific block for which the permit is issued from nine a.m. to six p.m. weekdays. The permit holder must be an employee of the business or the tenant of a commercial property owner that is issued the preferential parking permit.
(Added by Ord. No. 2178CCS § 1, adopted 3/14/06; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
The fee for preferential parking permits issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be set by resolution of the City Council.
(Added by Ord. No. 2178CCS § 1, adopted 3/14/06; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
Permits shall be valid for three months and reissued quarterly to permittees in good standing.
(Added by Ord. No. 2178CCS § 1, adopted 3/14/06; amended by Ord. No. 2229CCS § 1, adopted 5/22/07; Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)
The Director of Planning and Community Development and the Director of Finance are authorized to adopt administrative regulations that are consistent with the purposes of this Chapter, including, but not limited to, the conduct and timing of the lottery for allocating preferential parking permits, the permit application submittal date, the number of permits that will be issued to individual qualifying businesses or commercial property owners, and regulations for the use of the permits.
(Added by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 5, adopted 7/24/12)