HomeMy WebLinkAbout19348 - RESOLUTIONS - 9/2/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19348
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
DOWNTOWN MANAGED PARKING PROGRAM.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs is experiencing a shortage of parking in the Downtown, a symptom ,
of a vibrant tourist economy; and
WHEREAS the City has begun the process of upgrading and expanding its municipal parking lots in the
Downtown; and
WHEREAS the City has begun the process of planning for additional parking facilities in the Downtown;
and
WHEREAS the City has determined that to expand parking will require raising of capital through the sale
of bonds which in turn must be supported by a dependable revenue related to parking activities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Palm Springs' ]Managed Parking Program is
hereby established as follows:
MANAGED PARKING PROGRAM
Section I. Managed Parking Zone: The specific boundaries of the Managed Parking; Program shall
be all areas within and fronting upon the following streets:
(a) Alejo Road on the north, Indian Canyon on the east, Ramon Road on the south,
and Belardo Road on the west. '
(b) Andreas Road on the north, Palm Canyon Drive on the east, Tahquitz Canyon
Way on the south and Museum Drive on the west.
Section II. Managed Parking Facilities: The specific parking facilities included in the Managed
Parking Program are as follows:
Vehicle Parking Facility Common Name Number of Spaces.
(a) VPF-1 Blue Coyote 40
(b) VPF-2 Lobster Company 66
(c) VPF-3 Mercado Plaza 146
(d) VPF-4 The Vineyard 105
(e) VPF-5 Las Casuelas Terraza 52
(f) VPF-6 Henry Frank Arcade 60
(g) VPF-7 Catholic Church 100+
Section III. Managed Parking Enforcement: The Director, Department of Transportation (Director)
shall provide for One Hundred Sixty (160) parking enforcement man hours per week in
the Managed Parking Zone, except that during the period of June 1 through September
30, enforcement man hours may be reduced by the Director. Parking enforcement shall
occur in accordance with law on the public streets, public parking lots/garages and in
privately owned lots where a contractual agreement exists between the City and the
private property owner for said enforcement. Enforcement, per Municipal Code Chapter
5.38, may be provided via the use of City employees or a contractual basis. ,
Section IV. Valet Parking: The regular on-street parking and meter lots may be supplemented with
valet parking in the public right-of-way subject to the issuance of a permit and the
regulatory provisions of Chapter 5.38 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. 07 b
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Section V. Pay For Parking: The Managed Parking Program, including parking lot development,
shall be self sufficient through its pay-for-parking component as follows:
(a) On-street parking shall be provided without cost except for short block streets
where traffic, speeds and right-of-way, safely in the opinion of the Traffic
Engineer, allow for diagonal parking which then may be area-metered.
' (b) Parking in municipally owned parking lots/structures and parking in privately
owned lots under City contractual management shall be pay parking. Parking
lots, as determined in Section II of this Resolution, shall be equipped with area-
meters for fee collection. Parking structures may be equipped with area-meters
or an exit pay booth. Up to 5% of the spaces in a parking lot may be set aside
for monthly rental with the specific spaces to be designated by the Director.
Spaces may be rented for a minimum of six (6) months under a parking permit
process approved by resolution of the City Council and administered by the
Director.
(c) Incentive and validated parking programs that are revenue neutral may be
implemented by the Director. Incentive and validated parking programs that are
not revenue neutral shall be approved by City Council action. As an example, a
revenue neutral incentive program would be distribution of tokens purchased by
merchants.
(d) Preferential parking for employees of downtown businesses, as provided for in
Section 22507 of the California Vehicle Code, may occur on-street, for the
employees daily work hours, in designated and specially signed two-hour zones
with a properly issued permit. The Director shall develop a windshield sticker
permit which shall be issued to any person possessing proof of employment with
an employer in the Managed Parking Zone. Said preferential parking should not
' adversely affect other parking needs. Streets designated for preferential employee
parking are Belardo Road and Indian Canyon Way. Specific two-hour parking
areas on the designated streets shall be designated by City Council as prescribed
in Municipal Code Section 12.32.010.
(e) Fees described in items (a) through (d) above shall be set by separate City
Council Resolution under the following general parameters:
1. For all area-metered parking, the first two hours of parking shall be set
at a lower level than subsequent hours of parking. Parking fees shall be
set in hourly increments following the first two hours. The parking fees
shall be set so as to not reward long-term parking. Overnight parking
shall not be allowed.
2. Monthly rentals in the metered lots may occur on 5% of the spaces with
the fee established based on 125% of the projected per space revenue
production in a metered scenario.
3. Annual employee parking permit fees for permitted long-term parking in
specially posted two-hour zones shall be set at 125% the cost of permit
production and issuance. Permits are not transferable from car to car or
employee to employee. Permits shall be annual, running from September
to August, with no provision for proration of fees.
' 4. Valet parking permits shall be set to reflect a flat fee to cover the cost of
issuing and monitoring and a privileged fee per vehicle handled for the
right to operate in the City's Right-of-Way.
5. Where disposition development agreements or contractual agreements
with private property owners designate certain numbers of parking spaces
to be provided for free reserved parking,those agreements shall supersede
pay-for-parking fee provisions.
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ADOPTED this 2nd day of September 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST; ITY OF PALM[ SPRki; ( NLIFORNIA ,
�-Cify Clerk City Man er
REVIEWED&APPROVED AS TO FORM j\y
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