This ratio will establish the maximum number of permits which can be issued per household in
the ingugural year of the program’.
b. The ratio of the number of available parking spaces within the proposed program area to the
number of total households within the proposed program area. This ratio should be rounded to
the nearest whole number, rounding downward for any ratio less than .85 spaces per household.
This ratio will establish the absolute maximum number of permits per household which can be
issued in any year.
City staff will issue a technical memorandum documenting these calculations 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.
Rate Setting for Parking Permits
Should the petitioning citizens still wish to proceed, City staff will prepare a technical report detailing their
findings, including the estimated capacity within the proposed program area, any other parking
regulations impacting on-street parking within the area currently in effect, the estimated demand for the
program, and calculated allocation of permits per household. In addition, City staff will prepare an
estimate of cost for marking allowable parking lanes’ within the proposed parking area, posting signs® on
each block face indicating the establishment of a parking permit area and the hours of effect, and
administering the program as estimated by the City’s Parking Manager. This last cost item program
administration, may include:
e Costs associated in automating portions of the program where appropriate. As a best practice,
many municipalities automate certain tasks, such as preparing an application for a permit and
uploading qualifying documents. In some instances, this may require acquisition of software to
support this. Automating these processes allows the municipal staff to process, approve, or deny
applications as their work schedule allows, rather than requiring the staffing of a customer service
center during prescribed hours solely for these tasks. Communication between constituents and
municipal staff can be affected through email, which creates a record of communications between
parties, assuring for transparency.
e Costs associated with increasing staffing to handle the processing of applications and renewals.
Even with the automation of certain processes, the addition time and effort required to manage
these programs can overwhelm an already small and highly utilized staff. The addition of clerks,
® In permit zones where potential demand for overnight parking exceeds capacity, but not all households in the zone wish to
acquire a permit, the Board of Alderman may require the Citizen’s Council to perfarm annual petitions to determine the number
of households wishing to participate in the program for the coming fiscal year. In these instances, the Citizen’s Council will need
to submit completed petitions to Nashua Economic Development no fater than sixty (60) days before the end of the current fiscal
year to allow the City to determine the appropriate number of permits per participating household which may be sold at the start
of the next fiscal year.
? Where possible, DESMAN recommends marking out lanes of allowable parking area along each block face, rather than individual
stalls. In practice, this allows permit holders to maximize available allowable curbside space according to the dimensions of their
vehicle, rather than the prescribed dimensions of the 85"* percentile design vehicle. Of course, this can only be done if the area
is not already subject to stall markings to support metering or other programs, in which case the existing pavement markings
take precedent.
8 All signs and pavement markings must be compliant with MUCTD and/or local regulations.
