Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 7.2. 9/12/2023 File #: 23-0574
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. SUBJECT
Implementation of permit parking on both sides on Greengrove Street from Meats Avenue to the southern terminus and both sides of Del Mar Avenue from Cambridge to Greengrove Streets.
Resolution No. 11488.
2. SUMMARY
A request for permit parking was evaluated in accordance with the City’s Neighborhood Permit Parking Program. The proposal received adequate support from the affected property owners and was approved by the City Traffic Commission. The affected streets are located within Permit Parking Opportunity Area #5.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Approve permit parking on both sides on Greengrove Street from Meats Avenue to the southern terminus and both sides of Del Mar Avenue from Cambridge to Greengrove Streets.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11488. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange adopting a revised master resolution of designated permit parking areas within the City of Orange.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
None. Implementing permit parking would require nominal staff time.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community.
b. Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The City’s Neighborhood Permit Parking Program (NPPP) provides a mechanism for protecting residential streets from external parking overflow when certain criteria are satisfied. In order to streamline the permit parking application process in certain highly parked areas, the City Council established five Permit Parking Opportunity Areas (PPOA’s). PPOA’sare subject to different criteria and procedures. Specifically, the application fee and parking occupancy study typically required are waived, and the required neighborhood support level is reduced from 75% to 55%. Moreover, the PPOA’s were created with the expectation that an initial surge in permit parking requests would occur, as affected residents begin responding to long-standing parking concerns. The number of permit parking applications is expected to ultimately stabilize once permit parking is activated within City of Orange Printed on 9/7/2023Page 1 of 2
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the core areas of each PPOA.
After receiving a written request for permit parking from an eligible property owner, staff mailed petition packages to the affected property owners in March 2023. The polling process concluded at the end of April, the results of which indicate that 69% of the property owners are in favor of permit parking, 3% are opposed, and 28% did not respond. This level of support exceeds the 55% stipulated in the NPPP. Therefore, staff recommends permit parking.
The matter was presented to the City Traffic Commission (CTC) at their June 14, 2023, regular meeting, during which six residents spoke in favor (none opposed.) The CTC approved the request and forwarded to the City Council for final approval.
It should be noted that property owners of any other street(s) within this PPOA may request permit parking in the future by following the procedures described above. Furthermore, permit parking does not supersede other parking restrictions such as street sweeping. Participation is voluntary, however, once implemented any vehicle parked on the street without a permit is subject to citation.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· NPPP Policy, August 2022
· Resolution No. 11488
· Area Map
· June 14, 2023, CTC Staff Report
· June 14, 2023, CTC minutes
· Notification Letter
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