HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - October 21, 1981 (25)PRESENTATION
PARKING RECOM-
MENDA TION BY
CLIC COMMITTEE Following a report from Walter Sanborn, CLIC '
Chairman %h ich included the following recommenda -
tions. Council. on motion of Councilman Katnich.
Pinkerton second, directed that implementation
curnmence immediately on those recommendations
where it is feasible to do so and that at the November
4, 1981 Council meeting recommendations be brought
back from Staff as to implementation of the balance_
of tine recommendations. The fine schedules as set
forth in Item 5 as shown below were amended to be -
First violation $2.00. second violation $5. 00 and third I
violation $10.00 i
CMC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING
October 20, 1981
It is the goal of the Central Lodi Improvement Committee
(CLIC) to snake downtown parking convenient for the
customer- to encourage the movement of traffic to
facilitate convenient customer parking; and to provide
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satisfactory parking alternatives for the employee.
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In an effort to meet these goals, the Central Lodi
Improvement Committee recommends the following
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to the Lodi City Council;
i) All public on -street parking in the
downtown area be limited to two hours
except for those stalls to be limited to
20 minutes; >.
2) The current 12 minute time zones in -
front of the Post Office and the Pacific
Gas and Electric office be changed to
20 minutes and additional 20 minute zones
be provided in locations to be determined
after study by staff in cooperation with
CLIC and any, and all, affected merchants:
3) Lots 1, 3 and 4 to be limited to two hour
parking throughout, except vehicles with
valid permit stickers may park in desig
nated stalls -
4) Stalls in the western portion of Lots 1,
3 and 4 be designated to permit unlimited.
or all day, parking of vehicles with valid
permit stickers:
5) Impose a progressive bail schedule
(fines) for parking violations where the
same vehicle is parked in the same stzil
for periods beyond the two hour limit -
First violation $1.00, second violation
$2.00 and third violation $5. 010-
6) All parking permit stickers to be $5. 00
per montk: permits to be sold by the City -
and a single monthly perrrAt to be valid
for all designat -d stalls.
It is further recommended that:
A) A quarterly permit program be considered
instead of the current monthly program -
B) Church Street be studied for removal
or change of time zones in selected blocks
in the downtown area to encourage usage
of currently underutilized parking stalls
Based on the favorable response of the public last
Christmas, CLIC also requests that the Council take
whatever acti ,n necessary to implement two hour
parking in the downtown area prior to the Christmas
Shopping season. November 26, 1981 through January
4, 1982