City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage of an Ordinance to amend Section 5-8-84: Pay by Phone Parking Fee within a Residential Permit Parking District and make Permanent this Residential Parking Preservation Program in Old Town.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an ordinance to amend Section 5-8-84 to make permanent the pilot program and modify the pay by phone parking requirement as an ongoing option for residential parking restrictions for a designated area of Old Town.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council consider the proposed ordinance on first reading and schedule for second reading, public hearing and final passage on Saturday, February 23, 2019, making this pilot residential parking preservation program permanent.
BACKGROUND: One of the parking management goals of the 2015 Old Town Area Parking Study (OTAPS) Work Group was to "Preserve parking on residential blocks for residents and guests." In response, a pilot program for a pay by phone parking requirement for residential blocks was implemented in November 2016 with the stated goal "to preserve on-street parking for residents by encouraging non-residents to park in metered spaces or garages by eliminating 'free' two- or three-hour parking on residential blocks."
The pilot program allowed the City to expand the pay by phone option to non-metered residential blocks, where it was previously only available on metered commercial blocks. Elements of the pilot program are listed below:
* Covers the area east of Washington Street between Princess Street and Wolfe Street.
* To be eligible for the program, blocks must be adjacent to an existing metered block or residential pay by phone block.
* Staff require a petition signed by at ...
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