Ordinance 3125-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 4. Ordinance No. 2180-96 (EMC Chapter 46.28) is hereby amended by the addition of the following section which will be codified as EMC 46.28.201: Parking in the central business district. A. Parking in the central business district is to be managed according to the "Recommended Downtown Parking Management Strategies" and the "Guiding Principals" identified in the 2008 Downtown Parking Management Study as amended. On-street parking within the central business district will be managed for the primary purpose of providing customer parking. B. Parking management within the central business district will use the 85% rule as a guide for implementing management strategies. The 85% rule in urban parking management is an operating principle and tool used to manage parking supply. When parking occupancies in a particular area routinely reach or exceed 85% full during peak parking demand, more intensive management strategies should be employed to decrease occupancies so that some on-street visitor parking stalls remain vacant and available. Section 5. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 2826-05 (EMC 46.28.205), which reads as follows: Reparking. A. Areas Outside the Central Business District. No person shall repark within the same block on either side of the street where parking spaces have time limits imposed. Except as specifically provided below for parking within the central business district, a vehicle shall be deemed to be reparked and in violation of this subsection despite any movement of the vehicle unless the vehicle is moved sufficiently to pass through or across a street intersection. B. Areas within the Central Business District. No person shall repark anywhere within the central business district between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m., Monday through Friday; provided, however, it shall not constitute a violation of this subsection if the vehicle is reparked for the primary purpose of immediate shopping or the immediate securing of services within the central business district. Nothing in this subsection is intended to, nor shall be construed to, include reparking for the purpose of employment or attending classes within the meaning of"securing of services" as an allowable purpose for reparking within the central business district. C. No employee shall repark within the central business district between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m., Monday through Friday. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: