SR - - REVIEW PROGRAM POLICYAGENDA ITEM
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TO: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
THRU: Rick Otto
Interim City Manager
FROM: Joe DeFrancesco ,�
Public Works Dir ctor
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City Manager
Finance Director
To Be Presented By:
Joe DeFrancesco
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Review of the current Neighborhood Parking Permit Program Policy and provide a report to the
City Council at the May meeting.
2. SUMMARY
The City Council directed the Public Works Department to review the current Neighborhood
Permit Parking Program Policy, seek possible solutions and present a report to the Council.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1.) Approve the proposed Neighborhood Permit Parking Program policy and implementation
process changes; or,
2.) Direct staff to modify the proposed Neighborhood Permit Parking Program policy and
implementation process.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
Lb Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Growth Management Goal 1.0: Reduce traffic congestion within the City.
Policy 1.10: Apply traffic - calming measures, where appropriate, to residential neighborhoods
affected by cut - through traffic in accordance with the City's Residential Neighborhood Traffic
Management Program.
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7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
The Neighborhood Parking Permit Program has been in place since 1987 with the
implementation of Area `A' which borders Chapman University. Currently there are 21 Parking
Permit Areas in the City of Orange; however there have only been a few changes to the permit
programs policies and procedures in the 28 years since the program was initiated.
On April 8, 2014, the City Council approved an update to the program including steps for an
implementation and removal policy.
The intent of the Neighborhood Permit Parking Program is to provide relief for residents whose
neighborhood parking is being negatively impacted by parking demands that are generated from
outside of their neighborhoods. The program should minimize controversy and insure that only
those neighborhoods with a definable and correctable parking problem are considered for
parking permits.
At the February 10, 2015 meeting, the City Council directed the Public Works Department staff
to conduct a study to review the current Neighborhood Parking Permit Program policy, look into
possible solutions, and present it to the Council on May 12, 2015.
Following are the highlights of staff discovery and review process.
• Staff met with the Orange Police Department to discuss, coordinate, and receive their input.
• The current program and several other agency's programs were reviewed. Every agency
experiences most of the same challenges to the parking permit program. Each program is
unique and tailored to their specific needs and situations.
• Different types of parking intrusions were analyzed to provide more specific guidelines and
policies for each situation. We categorized four types of parking intrusions: institutional,
recreational, business and multi - family (more than 2 units) such as triplexes, fourplexes, and
apartments.
• The use of restricted parking hours as well as time -limit parking options for each type of
intrusion was also analyzed.
• The permit recipient for each type of intrusion was reviewed. The pros and cons of allowing
a permit for each recipient such as single - families, duplexes, multi - families, and businesses
was analyzed.
• The availability of on -site accessible parking spaces such as garages, driveways and carports
for single - family, duplexes and multi- family was reviewed.
• The availability and allocation of the street parking to all potential permit recipients was
examined.
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• The importance and feasibility of garage inspection was discussed with the City Building
Official.
• Staff reviewed using sticker permits versus placard/hanging permits. The Orange Police
Department prefers issuing sticker for the resident's vehicles and placard for the visitor's
vehicles.
Based on the research and findings, recommendations for amendments to the Permit Parking
Program follow.
1. Petition
Staff is recommending improvements to the petition format to make it clearer to those
signing.
2. Application Fee
The current application fee is $650 which is nonrefundable. Staff calculated the actual cost
to be $2,500 for the staff time to process the application, initial parking investigation,
issuance of a petition, review of the completed petition, report preparation for the City
Traffic Commission and the City Council presentation, and to provide meeting notifications.
Staff proposes two steps for the application deposit /fee.
o Step one -The applicant will deposit $1,000 to be charged against for the cost of
application processing and parking investigation. The applicant will receive a refund of
any unused deposit.
o Step two -The applicant shall deposit $1,500 to be charged against the cost of issuing a
petition, review of the completed petition, report preparation for the City Traffic
Commission and the City Council presentation, and provide meeting notifications. The
applicant will receive a refund of any unused deposit.
3. Permit Allocation
Staff reviewed the permit allocation. Currently, each single - family residential dwelling unit
receives seven permits. Each duplex unit receives four permits (total of eight permits). After
review, investigation and analysis, staff recommends changing the permit allocation to be
based on the number of registered vehicles, garage spaces /carports, and driveways for each
residence. Staff proposes a maximum of four permits per single - family residential home and
three permits per each unit of a duplex (total of six). The detail allocation is as follows:
o Single - family residential dwelling unit permit allocation is the total number of registered
vehicles less the number of on -site spaces (garage and driveway each counts as one) plus
two visitor permits. The total permits shall not exceed four.
o Each unit of a duplex permit allocation is the total number of registered vehicles less the
number of onsite spaces (garage and driveway each counts as one) plus two visitor
permits. The total permits shall not exceed three for each unit.
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4. Permit Fee
o The current fee for a single- family home is a lump sum of $25 for seven permits, and
eight permits for duplexes. In order to cover the staff cost (OPD) to administer the
permit distribution as well as the cost of the permits, staff proposes $10 for the first
permit plus $7 for each additional permit.
8. ATTACHMENTS
• New Petition
• Revised Policy
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