Special thanks to Mr. Bergin for answering questions about parking decal regulations at last night’s Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting.
He sent this message this morning:
Hello all,
Attached as a PDF is the city code, Criteria for establishment of a
residential restricted parking district. I want to make a few points on
what we discussed:1. You should have a minimum of 10 contiguous block faces, and as I
stated legal explained to me that if not contiguous, the separation of
blocks should be reasonable. Also, remember it is not blocks but block
faces.
2. Fewer than 60% of the properties within the proposed district are
owner-occupied. The calculation is based on the proposed district, not
an individual block face, and it is the property not the number of
households at a property.
3. There is nothing to prevent you from having different hourly and
time-restricted regulations in your district.Please read section 102-301 which thoroughly discusses the process of
establishing the district.Let me know when or if I can be of assistance.
Good luck and thanks,
Steven D. Bergin
Department of Public Works
Parking Division
-These are public streets that are for public use.
-Negatively impacts local business and river access.
-Parking restrictions could inhibit community visitors for any type of gathering like potlucks or church functions.
-Students only occupy spots during daytime work hours and are seasonal.
Parking permits for Oregon Hill? Unnecessary. So what if you can’t always park in front of your house. It is really only a small inconvenience in the larger realm of things.
With the rec center and now paid parking on Linden and Cary, the 100-400 blocks are getting murdered with students parking. May not be needed where you are but this is a block to block decision.