Amending AMC Chapters VIII and XII:
• Authorize Public Works to Enforce
Parking Provisions
• Ensure Consistency with California
Vehicle Code
Introduction of Ordinance
City Council April 5, 2022
Program Reorganization
Nov. 2021 Council Endorsement:
• Move Parking Enforcement from Police to
Public Works
• Establish a single, inclusive Parking
Management Fund
Manage Parking to Achieve City Goals
Manage transportation and
reduce GHGs
• 85% parking occupancy goal
• Reduce circling and double‐parking
• Create incentives for other modes
Increase safety
• Reduce circling across crosswalks
• Keep vehicles out of bike lanes
• Keep vehicles out of red zones
Increase economic vitality • Ensure parking space availability • Facilitate loading and short‐term parking
Support transit • Reduce double‐parking
• Incentivize transit use
Protect the environment • Enforcing street sweeping
prevents storm water pollution
Ordinance
• It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to:
Enforce parking laws and regulations in compliance with all applicable laws. • Public Works: parking meters, red zones (no parking), blue zones (parking for people with disabilities), yellow zones (loading areas), double parking, street cleaning, and similar parking restrictions.
• Police Department: vehicle towing, and Abandoned Vehicle Program Next Steps for Program Launch
• Second hearing of ordinance, effective 5/19
• On board new parking technicians in new City Hall
West office space
• Outreach and communications for program launch
Questions and discussion
Erin Smith
Public Works Director
[email protected]