San Leandro Municipal Code Ch. 6 Residential Parking Permit Program

The addition of a neighborhood to the City's Residential Parking Permit Program may be initiated by the City Council or City Manager or by petitions as specified in the City's Residential Parking Permit Ordinance.

Area residents requesting that a neighborhood to be added to the program must submit a petition on a form to be supplied by the Public Works Department pursuant to the requirements of the City's Residential Parking Permit Program. Only residents that are adult property owners in the proposed residential parking area are qualified to submit petitions. The residents must define the boundaries of the area with guidance from Public Works staff. The minimum area to be considered is four contiguous block faces unless exceptional circumstances warrant a smaller area as determined by the Public Works Department. The residents shall submit a petition to the Public Works Department with signatures by adult property owners representing at least 75% of the addresses within the proposed program area. The proposed hours of permit parking shall be determined by the Public Works Director.

(a) The petition shall contain a description or a map showing the proposed residential parking permit area.

(b) Said description or map shall be followed in the petition by a statement describing the residential parking permit program and the current residential permit fees.

(c) The statement shall be followed by a signature, printed name, address, and date of signing of the application by a number of adult property owners including at least 75% of the addresses within the proposed program area.

(d) All petitions shall be the same as the standard petition form developed by City staff. Any petition form different from the standard petition form shall be deemed invalid.

In the proposed residential parking permit area, at least 80% of the block fronts with unlimited on-street parking must be residentially zoned, and at a minimum, 75% of all unlimited on-street parking spaces within the proposed area must be occupied during any two one-hour periods between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or unlimited on-street parking is projected to be impacted by parking spillover from a more congested residential parking permit area.

A public hearing with notification to properties within 300 feet of the proposed area shall be held by the Planning Commission pursuant to the Commission's authority set forth in §1-3-1005 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, to review proposals relating to traffic circulation. After receiving the Planning Commission recommendation, the City Council shall consider a resolution establishing a residential parking permit area.

At least 60% of the households must purchase permits before signs identifying the program and establishing the area are installed.

Each household may be entitled to purchase a maximum of two annual parking permits.

Each household may be entitled to purchase visitor permits.

(a) The Finance Department shall issue visitor permits in accordance with §6-2-335 of the San Leandro Municipal Code. A visitor permit shall be of limited duration, but shall otherwise grant to the holder all the rights and privileges of regular residential parking. Visitor permits shall be 14 day visitor permits.

(b) The Finance Department is authorized to establish rules and regulations, consistent with this Chapter, concerning the issuance and display of visitor permits to permit holders.

(c) An eligible applicant for a visitor permit shall be any person eligible to obtain a residential parking permit pursuant to criteria set forth in § 6-2-300 of the San Leandro Municipal Code.

The annual fee shall be charged on a calendar year basis and shall not be pro-rated. Annual fees for regular permits shall be $20.00 for the first permit and $40.00 for a second permit. Fourteen day visitor permits shall be $15.00 each. Subsequent changes of fees shall be established by the City Council upon recommendation of the Public Works Director.

Editor's Note: Former Title 12, Chapter 14, Public Works: Residential Parking Permit Program, was editorially renumbered to be Title 8, Chapter 6, Engineering and Transportation: Residential Parking Permit Program, during the 2005-06 republication. Legislative history for former Title 12, Chapter 14: Resolution No. 2003-023, 02/03/2003 [§§12.14.100-12.14.135]

(Resolution No. 2005-156, 11/21/2005 [§§8.6.100-8.6.135]; Res. No. 2024-061, 6/17/2024 [§§8.6.100-8.6.135])