City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 3, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Policy For Issuing Residential Parking Permits For New Development.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a policy (Attachment 1) for issuing residential parking permits for new development.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the proposed residential parking permit policy to use for development cases that are docketed before the Planning Commission and City Council in the future.
BACKGROUND: On April 9, an in-meeting work session with City Council was held regarding residential permit parking for new development. Then on April 6, the Planning Commission discussed this issue and made recommendations (see page 4 of this memorandum). This issue now returns to Council for consideration of adoption of a policy that will be applied to future development cases, as well as to four prior development cases which Council approved in 2015 but left open the issue of obtaining district parking permits until a comprehensive policy was considered and adopted by Council.
As new developments have been proposed within existing neighborhoods, concerns about impacts to parking from the existing residents are often raised. Although new developments are required to provide adequate off-street parking, many residents are concerned that the overall size or type of building will lead to spillover parking onto the public streets. Since many of these residents depend on the public streets as their only source of parking, additional demand for on-street parking could directly impact them. To address this concern, from 2000 to 2008, twenty developments approved through the DSP/DSUP process included a condition that prohibited residents from obtaining residential parking permits that would allow them to par...
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