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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
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Department of Public Works
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DATE:
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November 2, 2005
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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December 6, 2005
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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Neil R. Cullen, Director of Public Works
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SUBJECT:
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Revisions to Chapter 7.24 (Time Limited Parking) of Title 7, Vehicle and Traffic, of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code
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Recommendation
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Adopt an ordinance amending Section 7.24.010 of the Ordinance Code to define Time Limited Parking Regulations and provide that time limited parking zones will be established by Board resolution; and
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Adopt resolutions designating:
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20-minute parking zones;
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30-minute parking zones;
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1-hour parking zones; and
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d.
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2-hour parking zones
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on County maintained streets.
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Vision Alignment
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Commitment: Responsive, effective and collaborative government.
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Goal 20: Government decisions are based on careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or gain.
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Your Board’s adoption of the proposed ordinance and resolutions will allow us to:
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streamline Ordinance Code Section 7.24, et. sec.; and
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maintain alphabetic listings of approved parking zones that can be easily updated.
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Background
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Previous Board Action
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Adopted Ordinance No. 4262 amending Disabled Parking Zone regulations and providing that said zones may be established by resolution of your Board.
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Adopted Ordinance No. 4268 amending No Parking and No Parking During Specified Hours regulations and providing that said zones may be established by resolution of your Board.
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History
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Time Limited Parking zones that are approved are currently codified in chronological order in Section 7.24 of the County Ordinance Code. Existing parking ordinances date back to 1949, and include areas that are no longer unincorporated.
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Discussion
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We are recommending that streets, portions of streets and County owned property within the unincorporated area where parking regulations are established be approved by resolution and no longer be listed in the Ordinance Code. The locations of parking restrictions on County maintained streets are currently documented on GIS maps in the Department of Public Works, and will be made available in list form on the Department’s web site.
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Additional zones have been included in the resolutions establishing time limited parking at the request of business owners. The owner of All Star Coffee on 87th Street in Broadmoor Village requested a 20-minute zone in front of his business to improve access for his customers. Owners of two businesses along Hurlingame Avenue in the Fair Oaks area have requested adjustments to and approval of existing zones in front of their businesses to improve parking opportunities for their customers.
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The ordinance and resolutions have been approved as to form by County Counsel. We will maintain the list of approved parking regulations on the Department of Public Works web site.
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Fiscal Impact
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The cost of the staff time involved in evaluating and processing requests for parking regulations is part of the administrative costs associated with evaluating traffic-related requests involving the County maintained road system, and is financed with Road Funds. The cost of signing and marking parking zones varies, but averages out to approximately $500 per zone. This cost is also financed with Road Funds.
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Ordinance Code revisions are compiled and published by County Counsel and the cost of this work is financed with General Funds. We believe that there will be a savings of approximately $900 per year to the General Fund as updates to this section of the Ordinance Code will no longer have to be published each time a new no parking zone is approved or eliminated. This revision will eliminate eleven (11) pages from the Ordinance Code. The $900 saving is based on eliminating approximately six (6) pages of Ordinance Code revisions annually, and the estimate provided by County Counsel that it costs approximate $150 per page to publish and distribute Ordinance Code supplements each year.
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