Berkeley Municipal Code Ch. 14.80 Area B--Willard Neighborhood Preferential Parking District

* Editor’s Note: This chapter was editorially renumbered from 14.16 to 14.80 during 1999 recodification.

This chapter establishes preferential parking district B in the area generally bounded by Dwight Way and College, Ashby, and Telegraph Avenues (hereinafter referred to as the "Willard area") as described more particularly in section 25-B of Resolution No. 36,574-N.S.*, Traffic Resolution. (Ord. 5612-NS § 1, 1984)

*Section 25 of Resolution No. 36,574-NS was rescinded and readopted by Resolution No. 56,508-NS on June 16, 1992.

The City Council hereby makes the following findings based on the petition for establishment of the Willard area residential parking district submitted by Willard area residents, and the testimony and record of the public hearing held as to said petition on February 14 and April 5, 1984, in accordance with the standards set forth in section 5 of Ordinance No. 5247-N.S.:

A. The petition requesting designation of the Willard area as a preferential parking district is signed by individuals representing at least sixty percent of the one thousand seven hundred forty-two 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 seventy-two block fronts in the Willard area are zoned residential.

C. On-street parking in most of the Willard area is presently allowed in an unlimited basis. Surveys conducted on December 13 and 14, 1983, indicate that for any two one-hour periods between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., seventy-eight percent to one hundred 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 Willard area, while largely residential, also includes Willard School, medical offices and commercial uses located at the College/Ashby intersection and on Telegraph Avenue, Alta Bates Hospital on its south border and the university nearby. These uses generate demand for parking by nonresidents of the area.

F. In establishing the Willard 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. 5612-NS § 2, 1984)

Wherefore, 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. and 7:00 p.m. except on 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, visitor’s, or local business parking permit has been obtained and displayed in accordance with requirements of Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 14.72. (Ord. 5805-NS § 1, 1987; Ord. 5612-NS § 3, 1984)