(a) Upon receipt of verified petition by residents of at least two hundred fifty (250) dwelling units in the residential area proposed for designation or residents living in eighty percent (80%) of the living units in the area proposed for designation, the Director of the Department of Public Safety or his or her designee shall undertake or cause to be undertaken such surveys or studies as are deemed necessary to determine whether a residential area is eligible for residential permit parking. Such surveys or studies shall be completed within ninety (90) days of receipt of a petition calling for such surveys or studies to be undertaken, unless otherwise provided by the Council.
(b) Within thirty (30) days of the completion of surveys and studies to determine whether designation criteria are met, the Director of the Department of Public Safety or his or her designee shall notice as herein provided a public hearing or hearings in or as close to the neighborhood as possible on the subject of the eligibility of the residential area under consideration for residential permit parking. Said hearing or hearings shall be conducted for the purpose of ascertaining boundaries for the proposed residential permit parking area, as well as the appropriate time limitation on parking and the period of the day for its application.
Notice of the public hearing or hearings provided for herein shall be published in the City Record and one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the City at least ten (10) days before the hearing date and circularized generally in the neighborhood. The notice shall clearly state the purposes of the hearing, the location and boundaries tentatively considered for the proposed residential permit parking area and, if applicable, the permit fee to be charged therefor. During such hearing or hearings, any interested person shall be entitled to appear and be heard, subject to appropriate rules of order adopted by the Director of the Department of Public Safety or his or her designee.
(Ord. No. 942-83. Passed 6-4-84. Renumbered by Ord. No. 1856-84. Passed 10-29-84)