Ordinance 3645-18 - Laserfiche WebLink

B. The use and effects of such permit zones shall be closely monitored and evaluated by the traffic engineer and periodic reports shall be provided to the city council. Section 3. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 544-78 (EMC 46.30.020), which reads as follows: The traffic engineer is empowered, in addition to those powers granted in Section 46.08.020, or elsewhere by state or local law,to designate and establish zones in which residents shall be allowed by permit to park on-street beyond the posted time-limit restrictions as provided for in this chapter, and to establish time limit regulations for those zones. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: The traffic engineer is authorized- - •• :, - .:• : - •• _ •, in Section 46.08.020, or elsewhere by state or local law, to designate and establish zones in which residents shall be allowed by permit to park on-street beyond the posted implemented RPZ time-limit restrictions and without regard for implemented RPZ no parking restrictions, as provided for in this chapter, : •: : - : • ' • --- •-• -_ f the Section 4. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 544-78 (EMC 46.30.030), which reads as follows: Upon written request of residents of dwellings in the area to be studied, or upon his own initiative, the traffic engineer shall evaluate the necessity of designating the neighborhood studied as a residential permit parking zone. If the evaluation shows that twenty-five percent of the dwelling units have less than two off-street parking spaces; on the average, fifty percent of the available on-street parking is occupied during the daytime; fifty percent of the on-street parking spaces occupied during the daytime are occupied by vehicles of persons not residents of that neighborhood; or if the area is already posted with a general on-street parking time limit, such conditions shall be presumed, the traffic engineer shall recommend to the city engineer and director of public works that the area studied be designated a residential permit parking zone. The designation of a residential permit parking zone shall not be made to a single block, but shall apply generally to a neighborhood. Public notice of intention to so designate, and of public hearing on such designation, shall be given by publication and by posting along all streets to be affected. The transportation advisory committee shall conduct a public hearing on the recommended designation and shall, within forty-five days after such hearing, advise to the director of public works, city engineer and traffic engineer approval or disapproval of the recommended designation. An area designated as a residential permit parking zone shall be posted to indicate the time limit imposed. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Page 8 of 20