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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/16/2024 Item 7a, Mitchell (2) Mary Mitchell < To:E-mail Council Website; Purrington, Teresa Cc:Ray Shearer; Thom Hume; Sara Hanf; Tony Nixon; Shaun B; Heather Villa; Derrik Williams; Jillian van Enckevort; Patricia Kaspian; Brittani Axtell; First Church of Christ Scientist; Laurie; Cinda Fox Subject:Mary Mitchell Letter to City Council Attachments:Mary Mitchell Let-City Council-Dana Parking-7-15-24.pdf This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello City Council Members, Please see attached:  Mary Mitchell Letter to City Council dated 7-15-24 / Item7 (a) Dana Parking See you all tomorrow night! Thank you, Mary Mary Mitchell, REALTOR Mitchell Real Estate License # 01452479 1015 Nipomo Street Suite 230 San Luis Obispo, Ca 93401 (805) 550-7168 (cell) (805) 781-0652 (fax) marymitchellre@gmail.com marymitchellrealestate.com Find Out What Your Home is Worth by Clicking HERE 1 City Of San Luis Obispo Council Hearing Item 7(a) July 161", 2024 Amendment to the Title 10. Dana Street Parking District 1. Residents and Commercial users were not surveyed before this hearing. 2. Dana Street Parking District is a legally formed parking District. The residents and commercial users of the district -by and for which the district was formed -intend to defend the integrity of the district. 3. The amendment to add 641 Dana Street to the District is acceptable to Dana Street District members. 4. The amendments to adjust the district boundaries and allow for the public to stop, stand, or park a vehicle and the addition of 10-hour parking in the areas directly in front of the SWW buildings on Dana is not acceptable to Dana Street District members. 5. Any efforts to provide for paid parking controlled and regulated by the city is not acceptable the Dana Street Parking members. The amendments on face appear harmless enough and, in some cases, address concerns the Dana Street Members have voiced. Residents should have passes including the occupants of 641 Dana Street. Allowing for the issuance of additional permits for residents and commercial users makes sense. Who else should benefit from a parking district then the residential and commercial users of the district? MC 10-36-170 A (3) "I Limiting the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles registered or controlled and exclusively used by persons residing in an area or working in the area is necessary in order to preserve the character and to manage parking demand of the existing area" Amending Title 10 to allow for "adjusting the district temporarily" is the provision which would allow for installation of 10-hour meters in the immediate areas adjacent to the Soda Water Works commercial buildings on Dana Street. The language "shrinking the district boundaries" by adding 10-hour meters in front of the Soda Water Works effectively excludes The Soda Water Works from the district. MC 10-36-170 A(1): "A. The council should, by resolution, designate an area of the city as a preferential parking permit area if the council finds that: 1. The streets in the area do not provide for paid parking controlled and regulated by the city as set forth in Section 10:52 (10:52 specifies "Parking Meters"). Amending the Dana Parking District to allow for "shrinking the boundary" to accept paid, city regulated parking not only puts the Soda Water Works Property at risk but the rest of Dana Street as well according to MC 10-36-170. A (1) In meetings with city staff and representatives these sentiments were voiced: 1. Dana Street District pass holders are not entitled to parking on Dana Street any more than anyone else. 2. How would we (Dana Street) like it is the street was returned to public parking? 3. You are elitist because you have an expectation of parking for your clients 4. You should ride a bike. 5. In parking there are "winners and losers." 6. There is nothing you can do about 10-hour meters being installed in front of Soda Water Works, The above statements demonstrate a clear intention and bias by city staff and representatives to violate the legal status and boundaries set forth in the Dana Street Parking district during the 2-year constructive period and by fiat -beyond. The "shrinking or modifying of district boundaries" and "stopping, standing and parking language" should be removed from the amendment. The installation of paid, city regulated parking should expressly be prohibited in this amendment because it would jeopardize the legal standing of the parking district itself. Thank you, Mary Mitchell 2. July 15, 2024 Your Selections I San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Page 1 of 12 10.36.170 Designation of preferential parking permit areas —Adoption of resolution. A. The council should, by resolution, designate an area of the city as a preferential parking permit area if the council finds that: 1. The streets in the area do not provide for paid parking controlled and regulated by the city as set forth in Chapter 10.52; 2. The streets in the area are congested with vehicles parked by persons not residing or working in the area and the designation is supported by a sixty percent majority of the affected addressed units as indicated by a city survey of the affected addressed units; or 3. Limiting the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles registered or controlled and exclusively used by persons residing in an area or working in the area is necessary in order to preserve the character and to manage parking demand of the existing area approved by a sixty percent majority of addressed units in the area. Addressed units will be determined using the city's address database (there may be more than one addressed unit per parcel) and will be limited to either commercial units or residential units, including nonmultifamily units of less than five dwelling units with the exception of the preferential parking permit district on Dana Street which will allow for the following modifications: a. Multifamily units of five to eight dwelling units to be eligible to receive permits. This exception will be in effect until the completion of construction of the Palm-Nipomo parking structure or until nullified by city council action. b. Commercial properties located on or immediately adjacent to Dana Street to be eligible to receive limited daytime use permits. B. In determining whether limiting the parking of vehicles along the streets in the area to vehicles registered to or controlled and used exclusively by persons residing or working in the area is necessary in order to preserve the character of the existing area for the persons residing or working in the area, the council shall consider the negative effect of vehicles parked by persons not residing or working in the area on: 1. Environmental characteristics such as ambient noise levels and air pollution levels; 2. Pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety in the area; and 3. The burden on persons residing or working in the area gaining access to their residences or places of employment. C. The council may, by resolution, designate an area of the city as a preferential parking permit area after holding a public hearing and making a finding that the establishment of the district represents the desire of a The San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1733, passed March 5, 2024. Your Selections I San Luis Obispo Municipal Code Page 2 of 15 majority of the addressed units of the area. (Ord. 1710 § 1, 2022; Ord. 1707 § 1, 2022; Ord. 1694 § 1, 2021; Ord. 1454 § 1, 2004: Ord. 1412 § 2 (part), 2002; Ord. 1264 § 1, 1994: prior code § 3209.17) 10.52.010 Parking meter zone —Rates. A. Within the area enclosed by a solid line on the parking rate zone map (Exhibit A) the parking of vehicles on streets or in municipal parking lots may be controlled and regulated with the aid of parking meters as defined in Section 10.04.110 and/or parking payment centers as defined in Section 10.04.120. B. Within the cross -hatched area designated on the parking rate zones map (Exhibit A) the base rate for parking meters on streets or in municipal parking lots shall be one dollar and fifty cents per hour effective January 2, 2023. The rate in this area shall increase to three dollars per hour effective July 1, 2023. C. Within the grey -shaded area designated on the parking rate zones map (Exhibit A), the base rate for parking meters on streets or in municipal lots shall be two dollars effective January 2, 2023. The rate in this area shall increase to four dollars per hour effective July 1, 2023. The rate in this area shall increase to five dollars per hour effective July 1, 2025. D. The tier -based parking rates, which allow a customer to extend their parking session beyond the posted number of hours, are as follows: Tier 1: The base hourly rate per rate zone. 2. Tier 2: The Tier 2 rate is effective for one additional hour beyond the Tier 1 time and is fifty percent above the Tier 1 rate rounded up or down to the nearest twenty-five cent increment whichever is closer. 3. Tier 3: The Tier 3 rate is effective after expiration of the Tier 2 hour(s) and is fifty percent above the Tier 2 rate rounded up or down to the nearest twenty-five cent increment whichever is closer. Signage for the tier -based parking rates reflects the number of hours a vehicle may park at the base hourly parking rate (Tier 1) before subsequent tiered rates take effect. 1. 1+ parking rate: Parking up to one hour at the base hourly parking rate before Tier 2 is in effect. 2. 2+ parking rate: Parking up to two hours at the base hourly parking rate before Tier 2 is in effect. 3. 3+ parking rate: Parking up to three hours at the base hourly parking rate before Tier 2 is in effect. 4. 4+ parking rate: Parking up to four hours at the base hourly parking rate before Tier 2 is in effect. F. The public works director may periodically adjust the hourly parking rates on any block or set of blocks within the areas designated on the parking rate zones map (Exhibit A) during the time of operation as detailed in Section 10.52.020 up to and including one hundred twenty percent of the effective hourly rate based on the observed occupancy. Hourly parking rates shall be adjusted not more than every thirty days. The San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1733, passed March 5, 2024.