REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 10.26 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code Relating to Preferential Parking on Residential Streets
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Sunnyvale has a long-standing commitment to maintaining a high quality of life for its residents, businesses, and visitors, with particular emphasis on public safety, neighborhood character, and effective municipal services.
In January 1983, the City Council adopted an ordinance adding Chapter 10.26 to Title 10 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) relating to preferential parking on residential streets with the intent to enhance the quality of life in residential neighborhoods by ensuring that residents have reasonable access to convenient parking near their homes. The chapter sets forth the criteria and procedures for the designation of preferential parking zones, issuance of permits, and enforcement of parking restrictions. The City Council is authorized to designate such zones based on the findings that commuter and non-residentially oriented vehicles substantially interfere with residential parking, and that the establishment of a zone is necessary to protect neighborhood character and prevent unreasonable displacement of vehicles into adjacent areas.
The City has experienced significant growth in the forty years since the preferential parking ordinance was originally adopted. To ensure that the City continues to meet the City's goals, staff is proposing several updates to SMC Chapter 10.26 (Preferential Parking on Residential Streets).
EXISTING POLICY
Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 10.26 Preferential Parking on Residential Street.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) and that it is an organizational or administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in th...
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