CONTROLLED PARKING RESIDENTIAL AREA.

Raleigh City Code § 11-2182

in effect

Sec. 11-2182. - CONTROLLED PARKING RESIDENTIAL AREA. (a) Definitions. As used in this section the following definitions apply: (1) Controlled parking residential area shall mean an area designated herein for restricted residential parking pursuant to criteria established in this section. (2) Residential parking permit shall mean a permit issued hereunder by the City and authorizing the vehicle bearing such permit to be parked for a period in excess of posted limits in a controlled parking residential area. (3) Storage shall mean any vehicle that has been parked on a street within a residential zoning district in the same block for seven (7) days or longer. (b) Study. Upon citizen request or on its own initiative, the City may study the feasibility and desirability of establishing or eliminating one or more controlled parking residential areas. A study shall consider, among other things: (1) The effect on the safety of residents of the area under consideration from intensive use by nonresidents for parking of vehicles, including the storage of vehicles. (2) The need of the residents of the area to obtain adequate on-street parking adjacent to or close by their places of residence. (3) The difficulty or inability of residents of the area to secure adequate on-street parking adjacent to or close by their places of residence because of widespread use of available parking spaces in that area by nonresident transient motorists. (4) The impact of major public facilities and programs on the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the area and any unreasonable burdens placed on those residents in securing adequate on-street parking and gaining access to their places of residence by virtue of such facilities and programs. (5) The likelihood of alleviating, by use of a parking permit system, any problem of unavailability of residential parking spaces. (6) The desire of the residents in the area for the institution of a parking permit system and the willingness of those residents to bear the administrative costs incidental to the issuance of permits authorized by this section. (7) The need for all residential permit spaces to be available in the area under consideration for use by visitors and the general public for at least sixteen (16) hours, with or without time restriction. (8) Such other factors as the Director shall deem relevant. (c) Petition and designation. Procedures for submitting a petition and designation of the controlled parking residential area are as follows: (1) Petitions shall be on forms prepared and promulgated by the City. The petition shall identify the boundaries of and streets within the proposed controlled parking residential area and shall be signed by an adult resident from at least seventy (70) per cent of the units eligible for a permit contained in each block of the proposed controlled parking residential area or by an authorized representative of these residents. The Director shall determine the showing necessary to establish a representative's authority. Completed petitions shall be submitted to the Director who shall determine their sufficiency. Any insufficient petition shall be remanded to the individual submitting it, with instructions for correction of deficiencies. (2) If the Director proposes to establish a controlled parking residential area, residents within the area proposed for the designation may petition for the establishment of the area. (3) A controlled parking residential area must contain either at least eight (8) contiguous block faces or must be a contiguous expansion of an existing controlled parking residential area and the area is abutted by property primarily in residential zoning districts. A block face as used herein shall mean one side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets. (4) No controlled parking residential area shall be established unless at least seventy (70) per cent of the households eligible for a permit within the proposed area have properly signed a petition in favor of the proposed restrictions. (5) Upon establishment of a controlled parking residential area and in accordance with the Council's directions, the Director shall cause to be posted parking signs in the area, which signs shall prescribe times, locations and conditions under which parking may be by permit only. (6) The Council may enact a temporary controlled parking residential area for a period of up to one (1) year only. In light of its temporary nature, the Council may apply special provisions to this temporary controlled parking residential area including provisions relating to permit fees. No temporary controlled parking residential area may operate longer than one (1) year. After the one-year temporary period expires, unless the Council provides otherwise, the controlled parking residential area will continue in place and all provisions applicable to a regular controlled parking residential area will apply. (d) Permit display. Residential parking permits shall be issued by the Director of Transportation electronically unless a physical permit is specifically requested by the resident. If issued physically, the permit shall be attached to the driver's side of the vehicle either on the rear bumper or back window of the vehicle for which it is issued and shall contain the vehicle license number, the permit's year of issue, and the identification number of the controlled parking residential area for which it was issued. (e) Eligibility for permit. A resident within the boundaries of a controlled parking residential area that resides in a detached house, attached house, or townhouse, as such terms are defined in the City's Unified Development Ordinance, shall be eligible to receive one (1) residential parking permit for each vehicle that is principally operated by the resident. The Director shall verify the residence address of persons obtaining such permits and shall record on the face of the permit the license number of the vehicle and the letter designation of the controlled parking residential area for which it is issued. As proof of residency, the Director may require utility bills, notarized affidavits of the landlord, auto registration cards and other documentation deemed necessary naming the permittee and showing an address within the controlled parking residential area. Residential parking permits issued for vehicles used by nonresidents of the controlled parking residential area or used for purposes of daily commuting to the area or for purposes of storage of a nonresident's vehicle are void. Any care provider who provides regular medical or in-home care services for more than two (2) continuous hours within a 24-hour period to persons residing in a controlled parking residential area may apply to the Director for a controlled residential parking permit. Upon approval of the permit and proper display of the parking permit in accordance with this section, all parking rights and privileges extended to vehicles displaying a residential parking permit shall apply. The Director may verify that medical and in-home care services are still being provided by the permittee or prospective permittee. As proof, the Director may require a certification that regular care is needed and being provided to persons residing in a controlled parking residential area. The permit under this subsection is made subject to the provision of such care by the permittee and shall automatically expire upon cessation of such care. (f) Permit issuance fee. The Director or designee shall issue residential parking permit decals for an annual administrative fee established by the Council. The fee shall not be prorated for partial years. No residential parking permit shall be transferred to another vehicle. The charge for replacement of damaged or faded permits shall be established by the Council except that a replacement permit shall be issued without cost if an individual returns a current used permit, or scrapings from the permit, and shows proof of purchase to the Director or if an individual shows proof to the Director of change in registration number for the vehicle. Residential parking permits shall be issued on a calendar year basis, and shall expire at midnight on December 31 of each year. Provided it shall not be unlawful to continue to park an authorized vehicle in a controlled parking residential area during the period between December 31 and February 14 inclusive, if a residential parking permit for the vehicle was issued for the previous immediate calendar year. (g) Restrictions. (1) No person shall display a residential parking permit on a vehicle unless such vehicle displays the same vehicle license number as shown on the residential>parking permit; and any such use or display except as authorized herein shall constitute a violation of this Code by the permittee and by the person who so used or displayed the residential parking permit. (2) It shall constitute a violation of this Code for any person to falsely represent himself as eligible for a residential parking permit or to furnish any false information in an application to the City in order to obtain a residential parking permit. (3) The Director is authorized to revoke the residential parking permit of any permittee found to be in violation of this section, and, upon written notification thereof, the permittee shall surrender such permit to the Director. Failure, when so requested, to surrender a residential parking permit, so revoked, shall constitute a violation of this Code. (h) Compliance with signs. The Council may establish parking restrictions that apply within a controlled parking residential area. When parking time limited restriction signs are erected adjacent to streets in a controlled parking residential area, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than the posted time on the same block more than once during the time restricted portion of the calendar day, unless such vehicle has a properly displayed residential parking permit or has been issued an electronic permit for the area in which parked, provided that these provisions shall not apply to locations specified in §11-2172 (no parking zones), (§11-2171 (no-parking places), §11-2173 (no stopping or standing) §11-2174 (time limited parking), §11-2177 (loading zones), §11-2178 (bus zones), and §11-2202 (meter zones). A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder a parking space within a designated controlled parking residential area. (i) Visitor Parking Pass. A resident within a residential controlled parking area may apply to the Director for a residential visitor parking pass which, if approved, shall be issued electronically to the resident, unless a physical permit is specifically requested. If a physical permit is issued, the permit must be fully completed and placed face up on the dash of the visitor's vehicle so that it is clearly visible on the curb side of the vehicle. Each visitor parking pass shall be valid for a single twenty-four (24) hour time period. If multiple days are desired for a particular visitor, then the resident must obtain from the City additional visitor parking passes. (Ord. No. 1979-8, 2-6-79; Ord. No. 1981-657A, §1, 5-5-81; Ord. No. 1982-834, §1, 2-2-82; Ord. No. 1996-820, §1, 2-6-96; Ord. No. 2007-182, §1, 3-20-07; Ord. No. 2018-817, §1, 4-17-18; Ord. No. 2020-167, §1, 12-1-20; Ord. No. (2023) 535, § 1, 7-5-23)

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