(a) A residential area shall be deemed eligible for consideration as a residential permit parking area if based on surveys and studies prepared at the direction of the City Manager, or designee, objective criteria establish that the residential area is overcrowded with vehicles for any extended period during the day or night, or weekends, or during holidays. Such objective criteria shall include a minimum numerical standard for assessing overcrowded parking throughout the City.
(b) In determining whether a residential area identified as eligible for residential permit parking may be designated as a residential permit parking area, the City Manager and the Council shall take into account factors which include, but are not limited to the following.
(1) The on-street parking survey shall be conducted on at least three separate days at some time during the hours for which the restricted parking is being sought. The survey shall seek to determine whether at the time of the survey:
A. At least 50% of the on-street parking spaces in the proposed restricted parking block are occupied; or
B. At least 75% of the total number of on-street parking spaces in the proposed restricted parking block are occupied by non-resident vehicles.
(2) If the survey shows that the on-street parking spaces are so occupied (meeting either the 75% and 50% minimum occupancy test), the City Manager shall certify this fact to the City Council along with any recommendation he may have to whether Council should implement restricted parking in the proposed restricted parking block.
(Ord. 2580. Passed 4-7-98.)