(A) Declaration of necessity and purpose. It is found and declared that:
(1) There exists within certain residential areas of the city a heavy concentration of vehicles during certain times of the day that prevents residents within those areas from having reasonable access to their homes.
(2) The presence of these vehicles causes vehicular congestion on residential streets, impedes the movement of traffic, unduly restricts travel of residents within the area, and creates excessive noise.
(3) The conditions mentioned in divisions (1) and (2) above create blight and deterioration of residential areas.
(4) The establishment of Residential Parking Permit Districts will help to preserve the character of these areas as residential neighborhoods, will preserve property values, and will preserve the safety of children and other pedestrians.
(5) The establishment of Residential Parking Permit Districts will promote efficiency in the maintenance of those streets.
(6) Residential Parking Permit regulations are necessary to promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city.
(B) The City Manager or his or her designee shall designate Parking Permit Program District(s) and shall designate certain parking spaces as being subject to provisions of the Program. Such designation shall state the boundaries of the district and the applicable parking regulations.
(C) Fees for Residential Parking Permits. Employee Parking Permits and Beach Residential Parking Permits, including fees for replacement, shall be established by resolution of the City Commission.
(D) Designation of Residential Parking Permit Districts. Such designation shall be made in one of the following ways:
(1) The City Manager or designee, the Parking Administrator, is authorized to designate streets and other public ways within the city on which the parking of vehicles may be restricted to vehicles bearing a valid Residential Parking Permit issued pursuant to this section.
(2) Upon receipt of a reguest signed by at least five adult residents of a neighborhood proposing a Residential Parking Permit District or Beach Residential Parking District, the Parking Administrator will initiate a survey to determine whether such district should be established in that neighborhood and the boundaries for such district. This survey will be addressed to homeowners on each block as recorded with the Broward County Property Appraiser's Office.
(3) If a designation is sought by a resident request to start or expand a Residential Parking Permit District or Beach Residential Parking District, 65% of the residents within the reguesting area must agree to the implementation or expansion by signing and returning a petition. For purposes of calculating the 65% of the residents, each dwelling unit shall be represented by one resident. If a dwelling unit is a condominium, each condominium unit shall be represented bv one resident unless the Condominium Board provides to the city a board resolution indicating that the unit owners have consented to designate the Board with the authority to agree on their behalf to start or expand a Residential Parking Permit District or Beach Residential Parking District. The result will be calculated using the total number of responses and the total number of residences, regardless of response. If the survey result is 65% or more, the area shall be eligible for consideration for designation as a Residential Parking Permit District.
(4) If the survey does not meet the 65% threshold for designation, residents may re-apply for consideration 12 months from the completion date of the survey.
(5) The City Manager or his or her designee, the Parking Administrator, may, if he or she concludes it is in the public interest to do so. initiate the designation process without any request.
(6) The Parking Administrator may consider, without limitation, the extent to which parking spaces are occupied during working or other hours, the extent to which parked vehicles are registered to persons not apparently residing within the neighborhood, the primary zoning designation within the neighborhood, the impact that businesses and facilities located within or outside the neighborhood have upon parking within the neighborhood, and such other factors as the Parking Administrator deems relevant to determine whether parking by nonresidents of the neighborhood substantially impacts the ability of residents of the proposed Parking Permit District to park their vehicles on the streets of the proposed permit district with reasonable convenience, and the extent to which a Parking Permit District would significantly reduce this impact. The Parking Administrator shall also determine the need for reasonable public access to parking in the area, the specific streets on which certain Residential Parking Permit and Beach Residential Parking Permits will be allowed, the manner and extent that it should be provided, along with the hours and days during which parking restrictions should apply.
(E) Issuance of Residential Parking Permits.
(1) Following the designation of a Residential Parking Permit District, the Parking Division shall issue Residential Parking Permits for the district so designated.
(2) A Residential Parking Permit shall be issued to a resident of a designated Residential Parking Permit District upon providing proof of residency in a single-family or multifamily dwelling within that district. Residential Parking Permits shall be purchased upon the presentation of a current valid motor vehicle registration, current driver's license, and either a property tax bill, voter information card, current utility bill or copy of a fully executed lease for property located within the Residential Parking Permit District, all of which shall be in the name of the person acguiring the permit(s). To be eligible for a Residential Parking Permit, a customer must present documentation with a Hollywood address. All documentation listed herein shall reflect an address within the Program district boundaries.
(3) Part-time residents who are owners or renters of residential property within a designated Residential Parking Permit District are eligible to buy one Residential Parking Permit for each vehicle. Residential Parking Permits shall be purchased upon presentation of a current valid motor vehicle registration, current driver's license, and a property tax bill for the residential property, all of which shall be in the name of the person acquiring the Program Permit(s).
(4) Residential Parking Permits shall be effective for 12 months from date of issuance and must be renewed for each subsequent 12-month period.
(5) Residential Guest Parking Permits may be requested from the Parking Division on an as needed basis and are entitled to a maximum of two guest Residential Parking Permits per 12-month period that are valid for a maximum of two weeks. Additional requests shall be subject to review by the Parking Administrator.
(6) One Residential Parking Permit shall be issued, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee for each motor vehicle owned by a person residing on a street within the designated Residential Parking Permit District, or on a street within a residential area that is contiguous to the Residential Parking Permit District. Only one Residential Parking Permit may be purchased per vehicle.
(F) Beach Residential Parking Permits.
(1) A Beach Residential Parking Permit District shall be designated pursuant to the method outlined in division (D) above.
(2) Following the designation of a Beach Residential Permit Only parking district by the City Manager or his or her designee, the Parking Administrator, the Parking Division shall issue Beach Residential Parking Permits for the district so designated.
(3) A Beach Residential Parking Permit shall be issued to a resident of a specified Beach Residential Parking Permit District upon providing proof of residency in a single-family or multifamily dwelling within the Beach Residential Parking Permit District. Beach Residential Parking Permits shall be purchased upon the presentation of a current valid motor vehicle registration, current driver's license, and either a property tax bill, voter information card, current utility bill or copy of a fully executed lease for property located within the Beach Residential Parking Permit District, all of which shall be in the name of the person acouiring the permit(s). To be eligible for a Beach Residential Parking Permit, a customer must present documentation with a Hollywood address. All documentation listed herein shall reflect an address within the Program district boundaries.
(4) Part-time residents who are owners or renters of residential property within a specified Beach Residential Parking Permit District are eligible to buy one Beach Residential Parking Permit for each vehicle. Beach Residential Parking Permits shall be purchased upon presentation of a current valid motor vehicle registration, current driver's license, and a property tax bill for the residential property, all of which shall be in the name of the person acquiring the Program Permit(s).
(5) Beach Residential Parking Permits shall be effective for 12 months from date of issuance and must be renewed for each subsequent 12-month period.
(6) Guest Residential Parking Permits may be reguested from the Parking Division on an as needed basis and are entitled to a maximum of two Guest Beach Residential Parking Permits per 12-month period and shall be valid for a maximum of two weeks. Additional requests shall be subject to review by the Parking Administrator.
(7) One Beach Residential Parking Permit shall be issued, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee for each motor vehicle owned by a person residing on a street within the Beach Residential Parking Permit District, or on a street within a residential area that is contiguous to the Beach Residential Parking Permit District. Only one Beach Residential Parking Permit may be purchased per vehicle.
(G) Employee Permit Parking.
(1) The Parking Administrator may designate employee parking areas within the city.
(2) An Employee Parking Permit shall be issued to an employee within a designated employee parking area upon payment of the permit fee and providing the following documentation:
(a) A valid driver's license;
(b) A current valid state vehicle registration;
(c) A pay stub or notarized letter from the employee's employer verifying that the employee's place of employment is within the city and states the employer's address.
(3) The employee shall purchase and display an Employee Parking Permit on the mirror of the vehicle which authorizes the vehicle to be parked in the designated Employee Parking Permit spaces in designated on-street parking areas or in city-owned parking lots. The Employee Parking Permit must be displayed with the expiration date facing the windshield, and no other items shall obscure the visibility of the permit.
(4) At the time of applying for an Employee Parking Permit, the employee shall not have any unpaid citations unless the outstanding citation is pending appeal.
(5) A business/employer may purchase Employee Parking Permits on behalf of its employees. At the time of submitting an application for such Permits, the business entity shall provide a current local business tax receipt.
(H) Parking permits; general rules.
(1) Eligible vehicles. Parking permits may only be issued for use by legally registered passenger motor vehicles, motor driven cycles, and trucks of three-quarter ton capacity or less. No parking permit may be issued for use by any other vehicles, including but not limited to motor vehicles in excess of three-quarter ton capacity, recreational motor homes, buses, vehicles maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit, motor vehicles not legally licensed to travel on a public highway, or motor vehicles exceeding seven feet, six inches in height or 22 feet in length.
(2) Parking permits are limited up to two permits per address, regardless of the number of vehicles registered to the address unless otherwise reasonably determined by the Parking Administrator, City Manager or designee. Should a parking hardship be reguested seeking additional parking permits, the City Manager or his or her designee will reasonably determine whether a hardship exists prior to issuance of the additional parking permit(s).
(3) Parking permit shall not guarantee the holder to an on-street parking space in the designated Parking Permit District.
(4) Parking permits are not transferable unless proper documentation is provided as specified in division (E)(2). A replacement permit shall be issued upon proof of loss, theft or damage of the original permit, and payment of the replacement fee prescribed in division (C).
(5) Unless city signs indicate to the contrary, a vehicle parked in a designated Parking Permit District that has a valid parking permit for that designated district shall not be in violation for overtime parking by virtue of parking for a period of time in excess of the time allowed. During the hours of enforcement, no person shall park a vehicle in a Program district designated space unless such a vehicle displays a parking permit or Employee Parking Permit valid for that district, makes the appropriate payment for parking or heeds the time limited parking restrictions for that district.
(6) Vehicles displaying a valid parking permit will be subject to all on-street parking restrictions and limitations except those restrictions and limitations imposed pursuant to this section.
(I) Parking permit term and renewal. Each Residential Parking Permit or Beach Residential Parking Permit issued by the Parking Division shall be valid for a one-year period preceding the expiration date, as specified in the parking management plan, during which time the permit holder shall maintain eligibility for the issuance of a Permit. Residential Parking Permits or Beach Residential Parking Permits may be renewed annually in the manner required by the Parking Division.
(J) Violations.
(1) No person shall falsely represent himself or herself as eligible for a parking permit or furnish false information and application to the Parking Division.
(2) No person shall hold a valid parking permit issued pursuant this section or permit the use or display of the permit on a motor vehicle other than that for which the permit is issued.
(3) No person shall produce, copy or otherwise bring into existence a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit and no person shall use or display any facsimile or counterfeit parking permit in order to evade time limitations on parking applicable in a Residential Parking Permit District.
(4) Alteration or misuse of any Residential Parking Permit may result in a penalty such as revocation of the Permit, forfeiture of the permit value and ineligibility to receive a permit for one year.
(K) Permit revocation. The Parking Administrator is authorized to revoke a Residential Parking Permit or Employee Parking Permit of any person found to be in violation of this chapter and upon written notification thereof, the person shall surrender such permit to the Parking Division.
('72 Code, § 34-127) (Ord. O-79- 13, passed 3-7-79; Am. Ord. O- 2003-03, passed 2-5-03; Am. Ord. O-2009-06, passed 5-6-09; Am. Ord. O-2010-26, passed 7-7-10; Am. Ord. O-2011-28, passed 10-19- 11; Am. Ord. O-2021-07, passed 5- 5-21) Penalty, see § 72.999