TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve a Recommendation to Update the Overnight Parking Program
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sydney Smith, Transportation Project Manager
BACKGROUND:
The City of Naperville Municipal Code Section 11-2A-8 prohibits on-street parking between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m The City has received concerns regarding compliance with this ordinance, particularly in multi-family developments that lack adequate off-street parking accommodations.
In 2022, City Council approved the Overnight Parking Program guidelines and approved an ordinance that added a new traffic schedule to the Municipal Code; Schedule XXX (Overnight Parking Exemptions) to Section 5 (Traffic Schedule) of Chapter 1 (General Traffic Provisions) of Title 11 (Motor Vehicles) of the Naperville Municipal Code.
The Overnight Parking Program is available to any multi-family development constructed prior to 2015 (when off-street parking regulations were updated in the Municipal Code) through an application and approval process. The current rules and regulations for the Overnight Parking Program can be viewed in attachment 1.
DISCUSSION:
In the past year, more neighborhoods have requested entry into the Overnight Parking Program. During the staff review period, these neighborhoods did not fit into the rules and regulations that were written in 2022. The current rules and regulations for the program do not consider smaller neighborhoods that do not have as much right-of-way for on-street parking. Along with that, the language regarding eligibility for the program that is specific to the 2015 planning code update on guest parking requirements for new developments is not well defined. The rules and regulations of the Overnight Parking Program were also not codified by the 2022 update to the All-Night Parking Ordinance, Municipal Code Section 11-2A-8, which may pose challenges for program enforcement. ...
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