(a) Upon receipt of a verified petition by residents of at least 60 residential living units in the residential area proposed for designation or residents living in 51 percent of the residential living units in the area proposed for designation, the City Manager or 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. Each residential living unit shall be limited to one signature per residential living unit. Such surveys or studies shall be completed within 90 days of receipt of a petition calling for such surveys or studies to be undertaken, unless otherwise provided for by the Council.
(b) (1) Within 30 days of the completion of surveys and studies to determine whether designation criteria are met, the City Manager or designee shall give notice as herein provided of a public hearing or hearings 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 and the hours of the permit.
(2) Notice of public hearing or hearings provided for herein shall be published in a newspaper 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 purpose 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 therefore.
Residents within the boundary of the proposed residential permit parking area will be sent a letter notifying those residents of the initial public hearing, provided that failure to send a notice or failure to receive a notice by a resident shall not be deemed a procedural or jurisdictional defect, and will not invalidate any designation made. 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 City Manager or designee.
(Ord, 2580. Passed 4-7-98.)