CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance terminating temporary 30-minute on-street parking regulations in the Central Business District (requires six positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The majority of on-street parking within the Central Business District is limited to two-hours by the Municipal Code. The two-hour limitation is in effect between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Short-term loading zones are also present in a limited number of on-street spaces (see attached map).
Executive Order 2020-09 was issued on May 5, 2020 to temporarily change the on-street parking limitations from two-hours to 30-minutes from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days per week. This change was made to help ease hardships on downtown businesses that had to modify operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By modifying the on-street parking regulations to 30-minutes, the executive order intended to increase the ability to efficiently fulfill curbside pick-up orders. Longer-term parking within the downtown remained available within the parking lots and garages.
DISCUSSION:
On June 15, 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance 21-063 extending the 30-minute regulations until January 1, 2022. The extension was made to provide time to consider whether the 30-minute limitation improved the downtown parking experience, and should be retained, or if the two-hour parking limitation should be restored.
A Downtown Parking Survey was issued to gain insight into whether the parking needs of downtown visitors has changed and to obtain opinions on the 30-minute parking limitation. The survey was available on the City of Naperville website from July 15 through September 8, 2021 and received 2,170 responses. The full results are attached.
Highlights of the survey results include:
* Of the 2,170 ...
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