(a) The director may designate a number of resident-parking-only zones on residential streets within the city as the director determines necessary to provide for the parking needs of the residents of that zone, if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) A petition for designation of a resident- parking-only zone must be filed, on a form provided by the director, by owners or occupants of residences and any business establishments located within the proposed zone. The petition must be signed by owners or occupants of two-thirds of the residences and any business establishments abutting the side or sides of the street block or blocks for which the zone is requested. Only one signature per residence or business establishment is allowed on the petition.
(2) Only complete blocks of a residential street may be designated as a resident-parking-only zone. A resident-parking-only zone may be designated on one or both sides of a street. If a zone is designated on both sides of a street, the days, times, conditions, and signage of the zone must be the same on both sides. Each street block or side of a block designated as a resident-parking-only zone must abut two or more lots limited to a single-family or duplex use, and the majority of the lots abutted by each street block or side of a block designated as a resident-parking-only zone must be limited to a single-family or duplex use.
(3) Upon receipt of a petition and a nonrefundable $50 application fee, the director shall conduct a parking study at the location requested in the petition. The results of the study must indicate that, during the days and times proposed for the resident- parking-only zone, more than 60 percent of the available parking space is in use and 20 percent or more of the vehicles using the parking space are not owned or operated by owners or occupants of residences or business establishments within the area requested to be designated as a resident-parking-only zone.
(4) The proposed resident-parking-only zone may not eliminate ingress to or egress from any residence or business establishment located within the zone.
(5) Before a resident-parking-only zone may become effective, the applicants must pay to the director a $42 charge for each resident-parking-only sign required to be installed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the director.
(b) After the application for a resident-parking- only zone is approved, the director shall conspicuously post signs within each zone indicating the days, times, and conditions for which parking is by permit only. A resident-parking-only zone becomes effective five working days after signs are in place in the zone. Courtesy notices will be given to all motor vehicles parking in the zone during the five working days before the zone becomes effective.
(c) The director may eliminate or modify a resident-parking-only zone or part of a resident- parking-only zone if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) A petition for the elimination or modification of a resident-parking-only zone or a part of a resident-parking-only zone must be filed, on a form provided by the director, by owners or occupants of residences and any business establishments located within the zone or part of the zone. The petition must be signed by owners or occupants of two-thirds of the residences and any business establishments abutting the side or sides of the street block or blocks for which elimination or modification of the zone is requested. Only one signature per residence or business establishment is allowed on the petition.
(2) Only complete blocks of a residential street may be included in an elimination or modification of a resident-parking-only zone. A resident-parking-only zone may be eliminated on one or both sides of a residential street, but, if modified, must be consistent in days, times, conditions, and signage on both sides of the street. Each street block or side of a block designated as a modified resident- parking-only zone must abut two or more lots limited to a single-family or duplex use, and the majority of the lots abutted by each street block or side of a block designated as a modified resident-parking-only zone must be limited to a single-family or duplex use.
(3) Upon receipt of a petition to modify a resident-parking-only zone and a nonrefundable $50 application fee, the director shall conduct a parking study at the location requested in the petition. The results of the study must indicate that, during the days and times proposed for the modified resident-parking- only zone, more than 60 percent of the available parking space is in use and 20 percent or more of the vehicles using the parking space are not owned or operated by owners or occupants of residences or business establishments located within the resident- parking-only zone for which modification is requested.
(4) The proposed modified resident- parking-only zone may not eliminate ingress to or egress from any residence or business establishment located within the modified zone.
(5) The applicants must pay the following fees to the director before a resident-parking-only zone may be eliminated or modified:
(A) a $10 charge for each resident- parking-only sign required to be removed;
(B) a $25 charge for each resident- parking-only sign required to be changed to include modified information; and
(C) a $42 charge for each new installation of a resident-parking-only sign.
(d) The city council may, at any time, unconditionally eliminate or modify a resident- parking-only zone designated under this division. (Ord. 23863)