§ 26-444 — Review and designation by traffic engineer

Sec. 26-444. - Review and designation by traffic engineer.

(a) The parking official shall immediately forward a copy of an application determined to be complete to the traffic engineer, who is hereby authorized to determine whether the location of a valet zone within the blockface and the valet operator's parking plan are feasible and consistent with sound traffic engineering and mobility practices. (b) The traffic engineer shall determine the number of on-street parking spaces required for each valet zone, which shall not exceed the equivalent of three parallel parking spaces, or for a valet zone serving a major event venue, the equivalent of nine parallel parking spaces; provided that the traffic engineer may authorize the use of additional spaces by a hotel when he determines that traffic conditions and hotel operations warrant. (c) The traffic engineer may authorize more than one valet zone on a blockface only upon determining that special conditions exist relating to the configuration of the blockface or to the land uses located on the blockface and that the operation of more than one valet zone will not adversely affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic. (d) As a condition of designating or renewing designation of a valet zone, the parking official and the traffic engineer may require holders of and applicants for valet zone designations to cooperate with each other where more than one commercial establishment located on a blockface desires designation of a valet zone. (e) The traffic engineer shall review and approve or disapprove the proposed valet zone and parking plan. If the traffic engineer disapproves the valet zone or valet parking plan, he shall return the application to the parking official with notice of the reasons for his disapproval. (f) If the traffic engineer determines that a valet zone and the valet parking plan are feasible and consistent with sound traffic engineering and mobility practices, he shall submit his determination and designation to the parking official.

(Ord. No. 07-1111, § 2(Exh. A), 10-3-07)