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Home My WebLink About102 - 08/20/2013 - ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONE PROGRAM ORDINANCE NO. 102, 2013 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONE PROGRAM WHEREAS, in certain areas zoned for residential uses, restricting parking on streets primarily to persons residing within such areas will reduce hazardous traffic conditions, promote traffic safety, and preserve the safety of children and other pedestrians in such areas; and WHEREAS, such parking restrictions will also: protect the areas within the parking restricted zones from polluted air, excessive noise, trash and refuse; protect residents of those areas from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their residences; and help preserve the character of such areas as residential neighborhoods; and WHEREAS,such parking restrictions will also promote efficiency in the maintenance ofthe streets and preserve the value of property in the subject areas and protect the peace, good order, comfort, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City; and WHEREAS, in some situations, residential streets serve an important parking function for non-residents in the public and commercial life of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has therefore determined that it is in the best interests of the Citythat a residential parking permit zoneprogram be established and enforced bythe City Manager that will balance and accommodate these competing interests. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Chapter 24 of the,Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the addition of a new Article V which reads in its entirety as follows: ARTICLE V. RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONE PROGRAM Sec. 24-160. Purpose and intent. The creation of residential parking permit zones is intended to promote the health, safety and welfare of residents of the City by reducing unnecessary personal motor vehicle travel, noise, pollution, litter, crime and other adverse environmental impacts; promote improvements in air quality; reduce congestion and/or hazardous traffic conditions in the neighborhood; increase the use of public mass transit; protect residents from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their property; preserve neighborhood living within an urban environment; maintain the convenience and attractiveness of, urban residential living; preserve the residential character of the neighborhood and the property values therein; and safeguard the peace and tranquility of the neighborhood. - 1 - Sec. 24-161. Factors in establishment. Upon receipt of a request by any adult resident of a neighborhood proposing a residential parking permit zone, the City Manager may conduct studies to determine if a residential parking permit zone should be established in that neighborhood, and what its boundaries should be. The City Manager may also initiate this process without any request if he or she concludes that it is in the public interest to do so. In order to determine whether parking by nonresidents of a particular neighborhood substantially impacts the ability of residents of the proposed parking permit zone to park their vehicles on the streets of the proposed zone with reasonable convenience, and the extent to which a residential parking permit zone would significantly reduce this impact, the City Manager may consider, without limitation, the extent to which parking spaces are occupied during working or other hours, the extent to which parked vehicles are registered to persons not apparently residing within the neighborhood, and the impact that businesses and facilities located within or without the neighborhood have upon neighborhood parking within the neighborhood. The City Manager shall also take into consideration the need for reasonable public access to parking in the area and the manner and extent that it should be provided, as well as the hours and days on which parking restrictions should apply. Sec. 24-162. Establishment/termination. If the City Manager determines that establishing a residential parking permit zone in a particular neighborhood is in the public interest, the City Manager shall prepare a program for the zone, specifying the boundaries, the hours and days on which parking restrictions will apply, and the provisions, if any, for nonresident permit parking. The City Manager may hold such public meetings as he or she deems advisable to assist in formulating such program. The City Manager shall thereupon establish the zone by regulation as provided herein. If the City Manager determines that the rate of participation in a zone is insufficient to cover the costs of administering the program, and the City Council has not appropriated other funds to support the program, then the City Manager may terminate the program. Sec. 24-163: Traffic control devices. Upon establishment of a zone, the City Manager shall install the necessary traffic control devices within the zone and issue residential parking zone permits. Sec. 24-164. Permit regulations. (a) Upon designation of a residential parking permit zone pursuant to this Article, the City Manager shall issue parking permits for vehicles owned by, or in the custody of and regularly used by, the following persons: (1) residents of the zone, (2) persons employed by a business located within the zone, and, (3) if permitted in the zone, nonresidents. The permits shall be issued upon receipt of a completed application therefor and payment of the fees adopted by the City Manager as necessary to defray part or all of the cost of administrating the program. For the purpose of this provision, a"business" shall include nonresidential uses, but shall not include accessory uses. - 2 - (b) A permitted vehicle may be parked in the zone specified in the permit without regard to the time limits prescribed for the zone, if any. (c) No person shall be deemed a resident of more than one (1) zone, and no more than one (1) permit may be issued for any one vehicle even if persons residing in different zones share ownership or use. (d) Residential permits issued under this Article shall be for a specific vehicle, shall not be transferred,and shall be displayed only as the permit may prescribe. The permitee shall remove the permit from the vehicle if the vehicle is sold,leased,or no longer in the custody of the permittee. (e) Permits for businesses may be issued only if parking capacity exceeds that needed for all residential parking. Business permits shall be sold on a first come, first serve basis. (f) The City Manager shall determine when the permit year begins for each residential parking permit zone. Permits issued based on new applications submitted during the last month of a permit year shall also be valid for the succeeding permit year without payment of an additional fee for the succeeding year. Otherwise,there shall be no proration of the permit fee. (g) No person shall use or display any permit issued under this Article in violation of any provision of this Code or any regulation promulgated by the City Manager under Section 24- 165. (h) If parking capacity is available, residents issued a permit pursuant to this Article may obtain guest permits for use by houseguests of the permittee. The City Manager may define the circumstances under which guest permits may be issued, taking into consideration the reasonable parking needs of the residences and available parking capacity. (i) Upon application to the City Manager, any person providing bona fide services in a residential parking permit zone may obtain at no cost a reasonable number of temporary permits for the vehicles of such person for the period of time that the person is engaged in work within a residential parking permit zone. 6) It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely represent himself or herself as eligible for a permit under this Article or to furnish any false information in or in conjunction with an application for a residential parking permit. (k) Possession of any of the permits provided under this Article shall not guarantee or reserve a parking space. (1) The City Manager may revoke any permit issued pursuant to this Article for any of the grounds set forth therein or on the ground that it has been misused. Revocation shall bar the permittee from holding any permit under this Article for a period of one (1) year thereafter. - 3 - See. 24-165. Supplemental regulations. The City Manager may, by regulation, prescribe additional standards, not inconsistent with those set out in this Article, that must be met before the City Manager designates a residential parking permit zone, or adds or deletes territory from an established zone, or issues permits for residential parking permit zones. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of July, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of August A.D. 2013. 01Y OF O n n Wyor ATTEST: �r :�'' City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of August, A.D. 2013. `&L.11.c/l.(/.e c. yor ATTEST: ��ti.ORT Cps City Clerk ••CO�itti•� O - 4 -