Specific Findings. The following specific legislative findings of the Council in support of preferential resident parking are set forth as illustrations of the need compelling the enactment of this chapter. They are intended as illustrations only and do not exhaust the subject of the factual basis supporting its adoption:
(a) The safety, health and welfare of the residents of the City can be greatly enhanced by the maintenance of the attractiveness, convenience and livability of its neighborhoods and other residential areas;
(b) It is a fact of modern living in the City that a large portion of municipal residents possess automobiles and as a result are daily faced with the need to store these motor vehicles in or near their residences;
(c) Certain neighborhoods and areas of the City do not have sufficient on- or off-street space to accommodate the convenient parking of motor vehicles by residents thereof in the vicinity of their homes;
(d) Such neighborhoods above are often further burdened by influxes of motor vehicles owned by non-residents which compete for the inadequate availability of on-street parking spaces;
(e) There further exists certain parking “attractors” within the City such as municipal facilities and business facilities which further exacerbate resident parking;
(f) A system of preferential resident parking as enacted in this chapter will serve to promote the safety, health and welfare of all the residents of the City by promoting the convenience and attractiveness of urban residential living, and the increased use of alternative forms of transportation. The public welfare will also be served by ensuring a more stable and valuable property tax base in order to generate the revenues necessary to provide essential public services.
(Ord. 38-09. Passed 5-11-09.)