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A Resolution amending Section III(a) of Resolution 168-90 related to designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas to delete the existing section and replacing it with (a)(1)-(2) regarding the Parking Authority procedure for receiving petitions and conducting a survey for RPPP Areas; amending Section III(b) of Resolution 168-90 related to designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas to delete the existing section and replace it with (b)(1)-(5) regarding the Parking Authority procedure upon completion of the traffic study and listing five (5) additional factors for making its recommendations; amending Section III(c) of Resolution 168-90 related to designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas to delete the existing section and replace it with procedure for Council Members to place the proposed RPPP on the docket to coincide with public comment; amending Section III(d) of Resolution 168-90 related to designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas to delete the existing section and replace it with Parking Authority responsibility to notify identifiable traffic generators and residents; creating Section III(e) of Resolution 168-90 related to designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas to provide for the Parking Authority to post a notice in the right of way regarding public comment of the proposed RPPP. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority ("Parking Authority") now operates the Residential Parking Permit Program ("RPPP").
Section 2 - That because the Parking Authority now operates the RPPP and procedures have changed for designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas since Resolution 168-90 was passed, Section III Designation of Residential Parking Permit Area is hereby amended to read as follows:
III. Designation of Residential Parking Permit Areas.
(1) The total number of curbside parking spaces occupied by vehicles equals or exceeds seventy-five (75%) of the number of curbside parking spaces on the public streets, roads and highways of the purposed residential parking permit area; and
(2) the total number of curbside parking spaces occupied by vehicles whose operators do not reside within the proposed residential parking permit area equals or exceeds twenty-five per-cent (25%) of the total number of curbside parking spaces occupied by vehicles.
(b) Upon completion of traffic survey study and finding that the purposed RPPP Area meets the qualifications of section (a) the Parking Authority shall write a letter of recommendation to the Councilmember in whose district the proposed RPPP is located. The letter may also demonstrate that the Parking Authority, in making the recommendation, has taken into account the following:
(1) The effect on the safety of the residents of the proposed, or existing, residential parking permit area from intensive vehicle parking by non-residents;
(2) The difficulty or inability of residents of the proposed, or existing, residential parking permit area to obtain adequate curbside parking adjacent to or near their residences because of widespread use of available curbside parking spaces by nonresident motorists;
(3) The likelihood of alleviating, by use of the residential parking permit system established by this regulation, any problem of nonavailability of residential parking spaces;
(4) The desire of the residents in the proposed residential parking permit area for the institution of a residential parking permit system and the willingness of those residents to bear the costs incidental to the issuance of parking permits authorized by this regulation, and
(5) The need for some parking spaces to be available in the proposed residential parking permit area for use by the general public.
(c) The Councilmember in whose district the proposed RPPP is located shall select a council work session on which the RPPP will be placed on the docket. This work session shall be at least 21 days after receiving the recommendation from the Parking Authority. Public comment shall be scheduled to coincide with the work session.
(d) The Parking Authority upon receiving notice of when the proposed RPPP will be on the docket shall mail a notice of that council work session to all addresses in the proposed RPPP area and to any reasonably identifiable traffic generator(s) as identified by the residents of the proposed street(s) or area in III. (a), postmarked at least 14 days before the scheduled meeting.
(e) The Parking Authority shall place notices, in the right of way, of the meeting on the street(s) proposed for a RPPP at least 14 days prior to the council work session.
Section 3 - That this Resolution shall become effective on the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL