Title
Approval of an Ordinance Amending Olympia Municipal Code Chapters 4.70 Related to Residential Parking
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Ordinance amending Olympia Municipal Code Chapter 4.70 related to Residential Parking on second reading.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Ordinance amending Olympia Municipal Code Chapter 4.70 related to Residential Parking on second reading.
Staff Contact:
Max DeJarnatt, Program Analyst, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.3723
Presenter(s):
Max DeJarnatt, Program Analyst
Background and Analysis:
Background and Analysis did not change from first to second reading.
The Downtown Parking Strategy, the second and final phase of which was adopted by the Olympia City Council on April 16, 2019, is guiding the City's actions as we develop parking policy and parking management strategies that support community goals for economic development, housing and transportation as identified in both the Downtown Strategy and the Comprehensive Plan.
The Parking Strategy recommends actions to encourage long-term parking to us off-street parking facilities whenever possible, to free up on-street parking for shorter term visitors and shoppers.
As downtown continues to add housing, residential parking demand increases. The Parking Strategy recommends a tiered fee schedule, based on demand, for residential on-street parking permits.
Olympia has eight residential parking zones stretching from the South Capital neighborhood to the Farmers' Market. Residential permits in these zones each cost $10 per year before 2020 when City Council adopted fee increases for Downtown (zones 4, 5, 7, and 8) to $60 per year. At that time, city staff recommended that fee increase as the first phase of a gradual further increase that would be needed to effectively encourage greater use of off-street lots for long-term residential parking.
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