4, Based on the preceding specifications, City staff will estimate the parking capacity within the
proposed program area.
5. Based on the preceding specifications, City staff will prepare a drawing to scale defining
allowable parking areas and no parking areas across the proposed program area.
In a public meeting, City staff will present the results of their study to one or more representatives of
citizens petitioning for establishment of the program.
Quantification Testing
The Citizen’s Council will estimate the number of potential program participants within the proposed
program area through a second petition process which will ask each household supporting the
establishment of a parking permit zone to identify 1) the total number of vehicles in each household, 2)
the number of vehicles which can be parked on their property in legitimate off-street parking spaces,° and
3) the number of vehicles they propose to park on public streets overnight. The latter figure will be
considered an estimate of potential participation and will be submitted to the City in writing along with
the supporting petition.
City staff will compare the estimate of potential participation to the calculated parking capacity within the
proposed permit zone and produce a ratio of requested permits to allowable capacity. If the ratio is less
than one (1) requested permit per available parking space, City staff will calculate the ratio of legitimate
parking spaces per total households* within the program area. City staff will issue a technical
memorandum indicating the surplus in parking capacity for the program area relative to the estimate of
potential participation and establishing the maximum ratio of parking permits per household to the
nearest whole number, rounding down for any fraction less than .85°. This technical memorandum should
be issued back to the Citizen’s Council, who will be responsible for informing their constituents of the
findings. At the City’s discretion, the Board of Alderman may request a second petition be executed by
the Citizen’s Council confirming at least two-thirds majority still support the application in light of these
calculations.
If the ratio is more than one (1) requested permit per available parking space within the proposed program
area, City staff will calculate two ratios:
a. The ratio of the number of available parking spaces within the proposed program area to the
number of households expressing interest in acquiring a permit. This ratio should be rounded to
the nearest whole number, rounding downward for any ratio less than .85 spaces per household.
5 This first two figures will enable the City and Board of Alderman to quickly discern if the requested application is a convenience
ora necessity when evaluating the application.
* This ratio is critical because it establishes the maximum number of permits which can be purchased per household within a
program area should interest in participating in the program grow in the future after the zone is formally established. As a general
rule, each single-family home should be considered one househoid, while multi-family residential buildings should be considered
one household per unit.
5 While parking capacity will be measured according to an assumed 20’ per length of contiguous, uninterrupted curb space, the
recommendation is to establish areas of allowable parking on city streets according to zones, rather than individual spaces. in
practice, DESMAN has found that motivated citizens may be able to park vehicles with greater efficiency in an undefined space
according to the vehicle’s dimensions, to a degree. Rounding up ta the next whole number on fractions of .86 or higher when
calculating allowable permits per household recognizes and allows for this practice.
