§ 19-438. Public hearing.

(a)

After developing recommendations for commuter-parking restrictions, the parking official must conduct a public hearing to receive comment on the proposed restrictions.

(b)

Written notice of the public hearing must be mailed at least ten (10) days before the date of the public hearing as follows:

(1)

Addressed to "Occupant" of each property within, and within two hundred (200) feet of, the boundaries of the proposed residential permit parking zone;

(2)

To each registered neighborhood association in whose area the proposed residential permit parking zone is located, provided that notice may be given electronically if the neighborhood association has provided an email address to the Center City Downtown Office.

(c)

The boundaries of a residential permit parking zone are the outer perimeters of the constituent properties.

(d)

The parking official must further publish notice of the hearing at least once and at least ten (10) days before the hearing. The notice must be published in a form prescribed by the director and in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The director must also email the notice to the council member for the district on which the proposed residential permit parking zone would be located.

(e)

The notice must clearly state the purpose, date, time, and location of the public hearing; the location and boundaries of the proposed residential permit parking zone; the regulations proposed for the area; and the permit fees that will be charged.

(f)

Mailed notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed, postage paid. The affidavit of a person who has knowledge of the mailing is prima facie evidence that notice was given.

(g)

At the public hearing, any interested person, including the senior engineer, may present testimony, orally or in writing, regarding the proposed residential permit parking zone, the proposed regulations, and the permit fees. The director may establish rules for the conduct of the public hearing.

(h)

The public hearing may be conducted by the director or the parking official. It should be conducted not earlier than 5:30 p.m. and on a workday at a location reasonably convenient to the proposed residential permit parking zone. Any location within two (2) miles of the area qualifies as reasonably convenient, but the location may be more than two (2) miles if a closer place is not reasonably available.

(Ord. No. 2014-04-17-0259, § 1, 4-17-14)