6.20.035 Parking Benefit District

6.20.035 Parking Benefit District.

A. Parking Benefit Districts are intended to reduce hazardous traffic conditions resulting from the use of streets within areas zoned primarily for residential uses for the parking of vehicles by persons attending nearby recreational or commercial facilities, events, or districts; to protect the residential and commercial users along the streets from polluted air, excessive noise, and trash and refuse caused by entry of such vehicles; to protect residents, businesses, customers, and guests of those areas from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their residences, businesses, or accommodations; to preserve the character of those areas as primarily residential areas; to promote efficiency in the maintenance of those streets in a clean and safe condition; to preserve the value of property in those areas; and to preserve the safety of children and other pedestrians and traffic safety.

1. Parking Benefit District means a defined area within which parking may be restricted by signs or require parking permits, fees for which will be established by Council by resolution, in which a portion of revenues from permit sales and citations is allocated for projects supportive of parking and pedestrian infrastructure within the district boundary.

2. Old Bend Neighborhood Parking Benefit District (OBNPBD) encompasses all public streets, alleys, parking lots and sidewalks within the following boundary description and as shown on the map following the boundary description:

Beginning in the north at the corner of NW Riverside Boulevard and Broadway Street, then following the east side of NW Riverside Boulevard to the west and south until the corner of NW Riverfront Street, then going south on NW Riverfront Street to Miller’s Landing Park, then turning west following NW Riverfront Street to the corner of NW Riverfront Street and NW Riverside Boulevard, then turning southeast onto NW Riverside Boulevard, then turning northeast onto NW Carlon Avenue to the corner of NW Broadway Street and NW Carlon Avenue, then turning north onto NW Broadway Street to the corner of NW Broadway Street and NW Tumalo Avenue, then following both sides of NW Broadway Street north to the point of beginning.

b. Parking supportive projects means projects to improve the right-of-way within the district, including but not limited to walking and biking infrastructure, street trees, benches, and lighting, or projects previously identified but not funded under the Neighborhood Street Safety Program.

C. Repealed by Ord. NS-2429.

D. The City Manager is directed to implement the OBNPBD as follows:

1. Establish regulations setting the days of the week and the times of day for parking management solutions, which may include but are not limited to:

a. Time limited parking;

b. Paid special event parking;

c. Paid on-street parking;

d. Permit parking.

2. Erect signs indicating the required permits or limitations on parking throughout the OBNPBD.

E. Permits. One permit shall be available for each vehicle owned by a resident or registered at the residential address or owned and/or used by each owner or employee of any business within the OBNPBD (maximum of one vehicle per employee), as well as for short-term rental guests and contractors/service providers for residences and businesses within the OBNPBD. Applications and application procedures shall be provided by the City Manager or designee. Fees for such permits and renewals will be established by the City Council in the City’s fee resolution. No permit shall be issued unless the applicable fee has been paid.

1. All parking permits expire the last day of the calendar year in which the permit is issued. Permits are not prorated and are not transferable. A permit may be renewed by filing an application pursuant to this section and paying the applicable fee. A renewal permit application shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with this section; provided, that a person who has had a permit revoked shall not be reissued a permit for a period of two years from the date of revocation.

a. The renewal period for parking permits shall begin on November 1 and end on January 31 of the following year. If a permit is not renewed by January 31, the holder of the permit may apply for a new permit for the calendar year and shall pay the required application fee.

2. No parking permit shall be issued to a person who is neither a resident nor associated with a business within the OBNPBD.

3. A holder of a parking permit who is no longer a resident of or associated with business in the OBNPBD no longer qualifies for a parking permit. The holder shall surrender the permit to the parking official. Use of a permit when the holder is no longer a resident of or associated with business in the OBNPBD is a parking offense subject to citation.

4. Issuance of a parking permit does not guarantee or reserve a parking space within a Parking Benefit District. A parking permit issued pursuant to this chapter does not authorize the standing or parking of any motor vehicle in any place or during any time when the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited or set aside for specified motor vehicle types. The issuance of a permit shall not excuse the observance of any traffic regulation.

5. Whenever the holder of a parking permit is not in compliance with one or more of the applicable provisions of the policy controlling the issuance or renewal of permits, the City may direct the permit holder to surrender the permit or present evidence that the permit has been removed from the motor vehicle.

6. Until its expiration, surrender or revocation, a parking permit shall remain valid for the length of time the holder continues to reside or own and/or operate a business within the OBNPBD.

7. A parking permit issued under this section shall be valid only in the OBNPBD.

8. In addition to the penalties provided for violation of this section, the City Manager or designee shall revoke the parking permit of any individual found to have committed three or more violations of this section within any preceding 12-month period. This City Manager or designee shall provide written notification to such person by certified mail, return receipt requested, revoking the permit and ordering the surrender of such permit to the City. Failure to surrender a revoked permit when ordered to do so constitutes a separate violation of this section, and a signed return receipt shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery of the notice to surrender the permit.

F. Fees and revenue from the OBNPBD shall be first used for administrative costs; then the remaining funds shall be split between parking supportive projects in the OBNPBD and the Parking Services Division Fund. Additional private or public funds may be combined to fund projects under this section, but no project may be initiated until at least $50,000 has been allocated for projects under this section.

1. In the event that the OBNPBD is terminated, any fees and revenues generated that have not been expended shall be transferred to the Parking Services Division Fund.

G. The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced through the procedures outlined in BC Chapters 6.25 and 6.30. [Ord. NS-2429, 2021; Ord. NS-2384, 2020]