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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Ordinance to Amend the City of San Leandro Municipal Code Title 6, Chapter 6-1-825 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to San Leandro Parking Aides
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce the proposed ordinance to amend Municipal Code provisions updating definitions and regulations involving parking aides.
Section 6-1-825 of the Municipal Code currently allows only Police Department employees to perform enforcement. The Police Department has limited capacity to monitor and enforce parking restrictions City-wide, and particularly in the San Leandro Downtown Parking Garage and other time-restricted parking areas. Currently, two part-time Parking Aides are assigned to parking enforcement. If this ordinance is approved, staff intends to evaluate the feasibility of retaining a private contractor, to conduct parking enforcement.
BACKGROUND
Parking enforcement is important to the City for two primary reasons. First, the San Leandro Downtown Parking Garage and surrounding paid parking lots were developed with the objective that the parking fees collected cover the full cost of the facility. Ensuring that users of the facility and adjacent lots are paying for parking is critical to meeting this objective. Robust enforcement is important to ensure all vehicles parked in these lots have paid a daily or monthly fee.
The second primary objective of enhanced enforcement of parking regulations is to support economic development and maximize the efficiency of the City's overall parking system. Ensuring that short-term parking spaces are not occupied by cars parking for longer than the stated limits provides opportunities for customers to have access to parking proximate to businesses.
The two part-time Parking Aides who are assigned to parking enforcement have other assigned traffic duties. Additionally, it has been challenging for the City to maintain fu...
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