Chapter 14.84 — AREA C--MAGNA NEIGHBORHOOD PREFERENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT

• Editor’s Note: This chapter was editorially renumbered from 14.18 to 14.84 during 1999 recodification.

This chapter establishes preferential parking district C in the area generally bounded by Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Roosevelt, University and Channing (hereinafter referred to as the "MAGNA Area") as described more particularly in Section 25-C of Traffic Resolution No. 36,574-NS*. (Ord. 5728-NS § 1, 1986)

• Section 25 of Resolution No. 36,574-NS was rescinded and readopted by Resolution No. 56,508-NS on June 16,

The City Council hereby makes the following findings based on the petition for establishment of the MAGNA area residential parking district submitted by MAGNA area residents, and the testimony and record of the public hearing held as to said petition on February 11, 1986 in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 5 of Ordinance No. 5247-NS:

A. The petition requesting designation of the MAGNA Area as a preferential parking district is signed by individuals representing sixty-four percent of the five hundred seventy-four housing units in the area and at least thirty percent of the housing units along each block front in the area.

B. Over eighty percent of the thirty-six block fronts in the MAGNA Area are zoned residential.

C. On-street parking in most of the MAGNA Area is presently allowed on an unlimited basis. Surveys conducted on July 31 and August 6, 1985, indicate that for any two one hour periods, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., ten percent to ninety-nine percent of all unlimited parking spaces in the area were occupied.

D. The most intensive demand for on-street parking occurs between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., on weekdays.

E. The MAGNA area is a residential neighborhood located to the west of downtown Berkeley. Downtown businesses and institutions, including those around Martin Luther King Jr. Way, (e.g., Berkeley High School, Police Department, municipal court offices, Berkeley Unified School District Offices) commercial uses along University Avenue, and to some extent, the University, generate demand for parking by non-residents of the area.

F. In establishing the MAGNA area preferential parking district an initial study was prepared and a negative declaration adopted pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and the guidelines set forth in Title 14, California Administrative Code Article 6. (Ord. 5728-NS § 2, 1986)

The Council hereby provides for the establishment of a residential permit parking district in the area as follows:

Street parking in the area shall be limited to a maximum of two hours during the period between 8:00 a.m., to 7:00 p.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays or such shorter time period as may be specifically posted; provided, however, that unlimited parking shall be allowed by vehicles for which a residential or visitor’s parking permit has been obtained and displayed in accordance with requirements of Ordinance No. 5247-NS. (Ord. 5728-NS § 3, 1986)

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